Framing Roofs

Accomplished roof framers rely on a variety of tools, techniques, and trade secrets to get the complex and dangerous job of roof framing done right. In Framing Roofs, a collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, you'll find out how the foremost framers work with speed and precision, and discover what it takes to master the craft of roof framing. Written by the pros who actually do the work, these articles will help you to design and build common, and not-so-common, residential roofs, lay out and cut valley rafters with compound angles, frame hips, valleys, eyebrows, and gable overhangs calculate tricky measurements quickly and accurately, work safely and efficiently with roof trusses and save time by using production techniques. USA-bg