Aluminum roof long lasting around the sea but the roof expands a lot with the change of temperature this can sometimes break fixings.
Hand cut roof.
Rafter span tables use these tables to determine lengths sizes and spacing of rafters based on a variety of factors such as species load grade spacing and pitch.
With over 35 years of experience in hand cut roofs we are able to undertake any hand cut designs whether big or small to your specifications.
Robin is working on an extension so we thought we d shadow him for the day and see how he creates a pitched roof or semi pitched roof leading up to a flat.
Print full scale rafter cut templates and birdsmouth templates fold template over rafter to mark or cut through.
Rafter terms a common rafter has three basic parts you need to become familiar with.
A cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters ridge boards joists and purlins etc the exact details being determined by the size of roof size of timbers etc.
Plumb cut typically called the ridge cut at the top end.
Hand saw or jigsaw.
Cutting any roof to your specification.
The number of rafters needed will be determined by the length of your roof.
Angle overhang lay device on incline and hit start measuring to directly measure pitch.
Materials 2x6 or larger rafter stock.
There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction.
Galvanized steel roof surface layer protection only and corrodes on cut edges.
We provide a complete service from start to finish.
Pitched roof construction.
Zincalume or galvalume roof both basically the same thing standard and good lasting protection in general settings.
To cut the rafter you will need.
Visit the roof framing page for more information on cutting roof rafters and visit the roof pitch calculator for determining rafter lengths based on rise and run.
Hand cut roof specialists.
All roof rafters should be identical so follow the same steps to measure the plumb cut tail cut and birdsmouth cut.
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Depending on the size of your structure you will need to cut several or many more.
Safety glasses for an overview of the construction master calculator watch the video here.
A professional business providing a range of specialised hand cut roofing services to both individuals and builders.
The majority of our clients like to use us for their loft conversion as we specialise in all types of roofing.
At this point you ve cut 1 roof rafter.
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