Roof Cuts And Rafter Lengths Book

Subtract what you are using as a ridge and you have your length perfect every time.

Roof cuts and rafter lengths book.

Each page has a different table depending on the pitch angle of your roof with all the figures you need. The tail or eave overhang must be added to the rafter length. For larger roofs though i use a roofing ready reckoner. The most useful book ever if you want to cut a roof.

Lots of illustrations and easy to follow example problems. There are a few good ready reckoners. It will help you with plumb and side cuts for hip and rafter down and side purlin cuts and more. Rafter book page 1 created date.

Tail or eave length. With calculations diagrams and tables. This is the rafter length from the top cut to the seat plumb mark. The respective lengths for those two rafters and add them together.

You put in the width and the pitch and this book will give you the full length of the rafter. A ready reckoner is pretty much a rafter length calculator a book full of tables for working out the rafter lengths quickly and easily. Gives rafter runs to locate ridges and framing points. Roof sheathing cuts and angles.

Using the 7 inch rise table and our 15 run the common rafter length is 17 43 8. Calculations for roof frames roof cuts and rafter lengths. Details cuts and bevels for all rafters.