Roof Framing

by Marshall Gross

This is the complete guide to framing any gable, Dutch, Tudor, California, gambrel, shed or gazebo roof -- including irregular roofs that can stump even experienced roof cutters. The author takes you through every measurement and every cut on each type of roof -- so you understand exactly what's required. He actually builds a model of each roof described, and recommends that you do the same.




With this manual you aren't restricted to rafter lengths and pitches listed in those rafter tables that roof cutters have struggled with for years. Instead, the author explains how to use an inexpensive hand-held calculator to figure any common, hip, valley or jack rafter in seconds -- including rafters on irregular roofs and rafter pitches that aren't in any rafter table.




Anyone who knows the methods described in this practical manual should have no trouble making a good living as a master roof cutter.

Genres: Construction

475 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1984

Reviews

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book on the subject but i think he made it much more difficult than needed.i would reccomend will holladays Roof cutters secrets instead.

[Paul Schilling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah this guy teaches roof framing pretty good except for the guy who said he made a mistake in the book about a layout of a certain type of rafter
I'm not sure if this is true but I wanna review the book again
Perhaps he did make a mistake
Marshall Gross said he was fully skilled by a German craftsman named
Florien Alter , I guess that's his name
all I wanna know is a certain mathematical I

[Alexander Ortega]

Is a great book