The Complicated Roof - a cut and stack workbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface ................................................................v

Abbreviations ....................................................vi

Book Guidelines ................................................vii

Roof 1 - Medford OR 1997, 10/12 Pitch, JD Resner Construction

Questions 1-1, -2, -3, roof ratios and rafter heelstands ....1

Questions 1-4, -5, -6, -9, common rafters ......................1

Questions 1-7, -8, TOR heights ....................................... 2

Questions 1-10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -20, regular hips ......4

Questions 1-15, -16, -17, -18, -19, supported valleys ... 6

Question 1-21, dual purpose hip/valley ........................ 9

Questions 1-22, -23, -24, -25, ridge lengths ................ 10

Question 1-26, shed dormer ........................................ 11

Question 1-27, wall valley ............................................. 12

Questions 1-28, -29, tall wall and rake wall ................ 13

Questions 1-30, -31, -32, -33, -34, -35, -36, -37, -38, bay roofs... 15

Question 1-39, special gable end commons ................. 24

Questions 1-40, -41, -42, -43, regular hip and valley jacks .... 25

Questions 1-45, -46, regular parallel hip-valley jacks .... 27

Question 1-46, regular diverging hip-valley jacks .......... 27

Question 1-47, over-under intersection ......................... 28

Roof 2 - Monte Sereno CA 2000, 6/12 Pitch, SR Freeman Construction

Phase 1

Questions 2-1, -2, -3, roof ratios and rafter heelstands ... 31

Question 2-4, common rafters ....................................... 32

Questions 2-5, -6, TOR heights ....................................... 32

Question 2-7, regular hips and valleys .......................... 35

Questions 2-8, -9, ridge lengths ...................................... 36

Questions 2-10, -11, -22, broken hips ............................ 36

Question 2-12, finding plate height difference ............. 39

Questions 2-13, -14, regular hip and valley jacks .......... 40

Questions 2-15, -16, -19, regular parallel hip-valley jacks ... 40

Questions 2-17, -18, -20, regular diverging hip-valley jacks .... 42

Question 2-21, california framed diverging hip-valley jacks .... 44

Question 2-23, roof skeleton schematic ....................... 49

Phase 2

Questions 2-24, -25, common rafters and TOR ........... 51

Question 2-26, ridge lengths .......................................... 53

Question 2-27, V6 and H9 ............................................... 55

Question 2-28, -32, dogleg hips and valleys ................. 56

Question 2-29, V7 and H8 ............................................... 56

Question 2-30, -35, bastard broken hips ....................... 59

Question 2-31, H10 ........................................................... 60

Question 2-33, DV3 and H11 .......................................... 61

Question 2-34, BH6 ........................................................... 63

Question 2-36, -37, -38, -39, -40, dormer at R9 ............. 65

Questions 2-41, -42, -43, -44, -45, roof skeleton top connections .... 69

Question 2-46, regular hip and valley jacks ..................... 75

Question 2-47, regular parallel hip-valley jacks .............. 75

Question 2-48, dogleg hip and valley jacks ..................... 75

Question 2-49, bastard broken hip jacks ......................... 76

Questions 2-50, -51, -52, -53, -54, -55, -56, -57, jack fill for non-standard areas ... 77

Cut-out copies of Roof Plans ......................................... 93