. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... FIREPLACE IN DINING ROOM OF HOUSE FOR MR. C. M. THOMPSON, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, ArcMtects, Boston and New York. CARPENTRY 127 sides of the roof and ties them together, as shown at A in Fig. may be a piece of board about 1 inch thick and 8 or 10 incheswide, which is nailed onto the side of the rafter at each end. It isplaced as near the center of the rafter as may be practicable, andin the case where a finished attic is required it forms the support forthe ceiling. For this reason it
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... FIREPLACE IN DINING ROOM OF HOUSE FOR MR. C. M. THOMPSON, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, ArcMtects, Boston and New York. CARPENTRY 127 sides of the roof and ties them together, as shown at A in Fig. may be a piece of board about 1 inch thick and 8 or 10 incheswide, which is nailed onto the side of the rafter at each end. It isplaced as near the center of the rafter as may be practicable, andin the case where a finished attic is required it forms the support forthe ceiling. For this reason it must be at a considerable height fromthe attic floor, and can not always be placed very near the center ofthe rafter. The important point is to see that it is well nailed ateach Fig. 184. Rafter and Wall Framing for Double Gable Roof Double Gable Roof. A very interesting form of gable roof isthat in which there is a double gable with a valley between, whichforms the roof of an ell when the main roof is a simple pitch form of roof is shown in Fig. 183. Fig. 184 shows how such aroof may be framed. The piece A is placed in the wall and supportedby the studding so as to serve as a plate to receive the ends of thevalley rafters B. These, together with the piece C, form the framingfor the shallow valley between the two gables. The valley rafterson the outside, marked D in the figure, are similar to those used in 139 128 CARPENTRY the case of a single gable. The pieces E E are jack rafters and arevery short. This form of roof is not common, but in some places itgives a good effect. Qambrel Roof. A gambrel roof is framed in very much thesame way as is a pitch roof or a hip roof. The slope of the roof,however, is broken at a point between the plate and the r
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