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Framing roofs.

Contributor(s): Taunton Press.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Newtown, Conn. : Taunton Press, c1996Description: 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.ISBN: 1561583286.Uniform titles: Fine homebuilding. Subject(s): Roofs -- Design and construction | Framing (Building)DDC classification: 694.2
Contents:
Roof Framing Simplified -- Roof Framing revisited -- Framing gable ends -- Framing a cross-gable roof -- Framing a gable roof -- Framing a gable roof over a bay -- Finishing touches: Fine gables -- Framing doghouse dormers -- Shed-dormer retrofit -- Raising an eyebrow -- Framing a hip roof -- Framing a bay window with irregular hips -- Ceiling joists for a hip roof -- Pogoda roof framing -- Framing a dutch roof -- Putting the lid on -- Simplified valley framing -- Framing a second-story addition -- Valley framing for unequally pitched roofs -- West coast overhang -- Aligning eaves on irregularly pitched roofs -- Falling eaves -- Framing a cold roof -- Dummy rafter tails -- All about roof trusses -- Truss frame construction -- Raising roof trusses -- Building hip and valley roofs with trusses -- Strengthening plate-to-rafter connections -- Cornice construction -- Rethinking the cornice return -- Framing with trigonometry -- A glossary of roofing terms.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 694.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00091822
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 694.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00091823
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The For Pros By Pros titles are compilations of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, selected by the editors of the magazine and organized by subject. New articles from recent issues of the magazine have been added to this edition of Framing Roofs. Updated and redesigned throughout, this book gives builders the very best and current information.

"A fine homebuilding book"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.

Roof Framing Simplified -- Roof Framing revisited -- Framing gable ends -- Framing a cross-gable roof -- Framing a gable roof -- Framing a gable roof over a bay -- Finishing touches: Fine gables -- Framing doghouse dormers -- Shed-dormer retrofit -- Raising an eyebrow -- Framing a hip roof -- Framing a bay window with irregular hips -- Ceiling joists for a hip roof -- Pogoda roof framing -- Framing a dutch roof -- Putting the lid on -- Simplified valley framing -- Framing a second-story addition -- Valley framing for unequally pitched roofs -- West coast overhang -- Aligning eaves on irregularly pitched roofs -- Falling eaves -- Framing a cold roof -- Dummy rafter tails -- All about roof trusses -- Truss frame construction -- Raising roof trusses -- Building hip and valley roofs with trusses -- Strengthening plate-to-rafter connections -- Cornice construction -- Rethinking the cornice return -- Framing with trigonometry -- A glossary of roofing terms.