I'm currently building a shed and haven't gotten to the roof yet... this will make it so much easier! Is there a recommended size of lumber for roof rafters vs pitch?

Hello Mr Mussell Would you pls consider doing a bay window example with the roof framers bible

This is probably a dumb question but I’m having a hard time understanding rise. How do you figure out rise? I noticed in the video you already started with 8/12. But how did you get 8 rise? Does it just depend on how steep you want a roof to be? Do I just pick a common pitch and go with that?

Got the roof framers Bible brilliant book

I'm very surprised you didn't use a string in your illustrations. Loved the video and the fantastic information. Where can I get a roof framers bible?

A dollar store calculator and A squared plus B squared equals C squared ( Pythagorean Theory), you can figure out any rafter easily. When I apprenticed in Canada decades ago, I was told that the Birds Mouth represented a nagging wife’s ( a bird in English slang) mouth wide open and screaming at her poor, henpecked carpenter husband. The old carpenter that told me that was an ancient immigrant from England. It made sense to me after I met his wife. 😂

Grand Pa, teach me carpentry please, I need to learn how to build whole houses, what a privilege that would be, thanks for your videos !

The comments are comical 😂! I just spent an hour rewinding the video and going through it. The guy did a great job explaining things, especially if you have zero roofing experience. If you made it past the 5th grade and aren't complete idiot, this shouldn't be hard for you to understand. If you read this comment, good sir, what pitch would you recommend ( none snowy area) for a chicken coop 4x6 the run being 3ft? Look at me, go 😂! Thank you for everything.

Great video.

Great to see a roof being made without a single cut

After watching your excellent video, I want to build a 3 sided hip roof over half of my new 20x20’ deck - instead of the planned gable roof extension of the house’s gable roof - but have so many questions. I see you’re very responsive, maybe you’d entertain a few? In the video there are no columns, and the ridge beam appears to be held up only by the rafters. Is this common? Doesn’t having no columns put extreme outward pressure on the walls? Would having no columns holding up the ridge beam be suitable for a deck roof where uplift from strong winds will get under the roof? I’m very curious in how to best connect all the rafters where they meet at the ridge beam. It appears you used only nails and no metal fasteners (e.g. Simpson Strongtie). Does the video show the finished structure or would you typically go back in and add rafter hangers, hurricane ties, straps over the ridge and/or other metal connectors? Can the hip roof have the same vaulted/cathedral ceiling inside as a gable roof? Thanks from S. Ohio.

Thanks for nothing 😂

thnks for infro i learned a lot

When cutting your rafters, why did you take an extra 1/8th inch off? If that length was 57-3/4”, and you subtracted the 3/4 for half of the ridge thickness, that would be 57”. Just wondering what the extra 1/8 was for.

Very useful ,you are an excellent instructor!

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I just purchased your book this weekend. Cant wait to use it!

I'm sorry, I was starring at Anna, could you repeat that? ;)

Could you please change the name from bible to rules bible is for prayer,

thanks

so the run of the rafter is 1" foot long and the rise is 8 inches, but the span of the house is 8" feet but the run is 4" feet. so do we have two different runs? one counting for the rafter and one counting for half of the span of the house?

Love, love, love, your presentation! Really entertaining, friendly❤ and informative.

Why don’t you cut the birds mouth of hip rafter with thickness of the wall as you did in the previous video on common rafter ?

Thanks for the confusion

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Got this book its okay but its not for beginners like it says, the blue book is better.

How do you get the height of the Ridge from the wall level

Hi sir how do you get the high of the roof

Best tutorial on cutting rafters seat cut etc.

Cool

Great video! Thank you for the detailed explanation ... all the way down the rafter, every cut and how to accomplish that. You should write a book. Wait! You already did, ha ha. Thanks again.

Your plans nor your comments covered exactly where to drill ( measurements) for the hole at the rear to put in the bolt to the wheels. I've looked extensively and can't find it

My favorite one on this subject!

Great teaching

Confused on how to measure the hip tail using the factor chart. You pulled up 24 3/4" from the tail. Where did you get that number?

😅😅😅bla bla. 2inch kann man ja auch nicht abgraden. Schwätzer!!👎👎🇩🇪

So... the king common is NOT the same length as the commons because you don't subtract half the thickness of the ridge... right? Damn good video though, Bud!

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Thank you for this incredible video-love how you interact and include your grandkids! Also the plans are well detailed and can awesome resource to making this coop a winner

As a carpenter of 40 years , I can say confidently that if you use the Roof Framer's Bible to frame EVERY roof , roof framing will become " Mussell " memory (hehe) . See what I did there Barry ? I'm serious folks , it's called a "bible" because it is a "reference" book . Forget about any sacrilegious chatter , the book doesn't besmerch the Holy Bible as some of my co-workers pointed out . The title of the book actually pays homage to the purpose of the Holy Bible in that it should always be at hand , and always be referred to . Buy a copy , and frame your " first ever " perfect roof . Enjoy . Robert from Canada !

Thanks for video!!!

Nice work, can you explain the side cut table on the framing square?

I can say this is the best video i've watched bout building a gable roof. You both have made it very clear through illustration on what tools to use and how to use them..now I can say with confidence that I have a fair idea on how to build a gable roof. Thank you gentleman and Anna for the wonderfull and easy learn video..especially when Anna us involve in asking questions..you both earn my like..

hey, Barry......I bought your book and am using it for a project of mine. I have gone over the numbers several times for a regular equal pitched roof.... and measured and remeasured.....The "rise" calculations are either flawed in your book or you didn't give info on how to calculate these...I'm doing a simple 8/12 pitch. My 2-by ridge beam needs to be much higher (about 4 inches higher) than what your book says for my run/rafter length measurements. I've run it over in my brain countless times on how it could be wrong! I have found that bird mouth depth (which depends on top width of top plate/band/top strap framing) will vary, which will, in turn, lower rise height of my ridge beam. The interesting thing about this is that even though my bird mouth is cut for a 3inch wide top plate, my ridge beam is STILL around 4 inches to LOW! I have read through all the instructions in your book (which are very clear) and, like I said, measured and remeasured (and calculated and re-calculated) as well as watched your videos and cannot find a clear explanation on why your listed rise numbers are off by so much? I realize that I could just mount 4 rafters and lift ridge beam into place to match the height of the rafters, but lifting a 16ft treated 2x8 and securing it to dangling rafters isn't ideal when working by myself on this! It is WAY easier to just temporarily mount my ridge beam at the height I need (which I sure wish was in your book) and then attach the rafters to it. If you have any pointers, I'd LOVE to hear them! THANKS!

They call it a birdsmouth because the shape is that of a birds mouth opened up. The inverse of that is called the "beak" as it is shaped like a birds beak.

Great information!

Thanks for your book, lots of people have benefit from your book, I'm one of them

You right it is a great book thanks

Hi, thanks for that book I bought it 24 years ago , did help me alot

Thanks very helpful book , as well as your explanations