The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . Fig. 79.—Lookout rafters for eaves. In the lean-to or shed roof both ends of the raftersrest on a plate, or they are spiked at one end to the wall. Fig. 80.—-Ridge pole and tie beam. which the ell or piazza adjoins.
The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . Fig. 79.—Lookout rafters for eaves. In the lean-to or shed roof both ends of the raftersrest on a plate, or they are spiked at one end to the wall. Fig. 80.—-Ridge pole and tie beam. which the ell or piazza adjoins. In the gable roof, infact, in all other types of roofs the principle is fol- iS2 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER lowed that if two timbers are inclined against eachother they will hold each other up, consequently therafters are set up in pairs, thrusting against each otherat the top or ridge. To insure a straight line at thispoint, and to keep the rafters in place until the roof
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