50 Years Of Roof Cutting: Learn The Basics From a Professional Framer

[@essentialcraftsman]

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[@Aristotle675]

A little late to register to vote 😅

[@Austin-fc5gs]

​@@Aristotle675some states have same day registration, but yeah haha

[@ModernMountainLiving]

@@Aristotle675 Idaho still wants you to Vote today, just prove you live here.

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11.5.24. 🐘✊🏽

[@stevenjames9487]

everyone registers when they get a license or renew it.

[@kperkins1982]

I'm not a contractor, planning to build a roof, frame a house, or have a house built, but dang if your delivery method isn't relaxing. I have watched all of the spec house videos because I find the way in which you speak to be calming. I know this isn't rally construction related but just wanted to say these videos help people of all walks of life. If you recorded an audiobook I would listen to it for sure.

[@Rocksolidhandyman]

As a former custom home framer, the roof framing is the most challenging and technical!

[@bradthebrewer5732]

I’m new to the roofing industry, started with a coatings manufacturer for commercial, but this video has greatly helped me understand what my clients think about everyday. Very informative and a blessing. Keep up the good work!

[@HeyItsHot]

Great video. I work for a pre-engineered truss company so a lot of this information is null and void for us. However I am into handyman work and building things in my spare time and it is finally nice to know! I bought the book the other day and working my way into it. I think a shed or a barn is in my future.

[@ShaunMcClellan-w4m]

I learned from old timers to use a framing square so that’s all I needed. For instance, calculating the rise, run and length of a hip rafter at 30 degrees not 45 degrees. Understanding framing squares makes it possible. A good book regarding this is - Roof Framing by H H Siegel

[@korishan]

So we should "Truss" the wise words of Barry!! 😎😜 Got it! Seriously, really good information!

[@BlueDarkness12y4]

First time I'm watching a video so close to it's upload time. I love your videos, and wish you the best in life!

[@kylemanausa2315]

Excellent video as always! I could listen to that conversation all day.

[@andrewanderson4281]

Great cheat sheet. Also Will Holladay's Roof cutters secrets are great for learning the equations to build any roof by disecting the geometric problems.

[@nobadmojo70]

Longer interview please. Thank you for sharing!

[@garbo8962]

Funny that you showed valley rafter in one picture. Years ago I took a general mechanical aptitude test and that was was one of the questions. Also asked plumbing, electrical, welding questions. They told me nobody gets a 90 on that test. Loved the mechanical test where they would show 4 or 5 gears and show direction of first one then asked direction of last gear. Was lucky to have several erector sets and would mix small & large diameter gears to see final direction & speed.

[@simonbmr]

Fascinating to listen to you both. Thank you so much for creating and sharing.

[@klmbuilders5385]

I have a framing friend who has several copies of the roof framers Bible. He's an excellent roof cutter.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

If you buy more than one copy, the federal government monitors you.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job guys. Thank you 😊

[@firemanj35]

Great stuff, EC I'm going to have to get one of those books.

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for all the amazing videos and epic content!!

[@dutchcreek1]

You mention this book, Larry Haun’s, and JLC. Tradesmen are very intelligent people (15 years in education, 6 as a professor); please do an episode on the goto references and value of studying our craft.

[@wattheheck6010]

Fantastic video! The two owners of our 4-yr old SFH subdivision property in the South are also home builders. For "uniformity", they only allowed two more approved builders (total of four builders) that could build units to the the owners' appearance standards. These are modest 3 and 4 BR/2 bath wood frame houses (2000-2600 sf) on concrete slabs. In my cul de sac, three of the builders are represented. A gutter installer was taking measurements, he noted a problem with my neighbor's roof on his 3 yr old house. The trusses were 24" apart mostly, but some were 30" or 32" apart causing the plywood sheathing and shingles to sag. Following an insurance settlement, framers had to go in the attic and support the gaps and replace rotten sheathing and bent shingles before the gutters could be installed. The HVAC system in in the attic. Is there rationale for differing widths (equipment/venting) or does this seem like sloppy framing?

[@roberthoy9922]

What is you opinion on the prebuilt truss?

[@tedadams1546]

I tell ya, I contracted to do a roof over a turret. I made such a mess of it, at 25 years old I worked that week for free had just turned out that I made it a mission to get roof stacking jobs and never work for free again. My father a 87 yo carpenter taught me the ways of roofs, and then gave me his very old roof framers book. After that it was almost like cheating. I must have taught a hundred apprentice's how to stack a roof no mater the pitch. Bringing two roofs with a horizontal S on the drawing, and two different pitches together is still a challenge I love to meet.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

An American criminal who escaped to Canada was eventually caught. He insisted he was Canadian but pronounced roof "ruff". Other things flagged him too like calling the highway "the interstate" (We don't call it the inter-province either). Couple called the RCMP about him (and his companion) - who found out he was wanted in 4 states - (you know where they actually have Interstate highways. Always wonder about Hawaii and Alaska though [yes, I know]). (Search CBC news Francis David Sherman )

[@ModernMountainLiving]

Wow, somebody wrote it down! Where were you when I started in 1984, now I'm retired.

[@armandhammer9617]

Same here, still going strong and raising grandsons 💪

[@danthechippie4439]

I bought the bible some months ago and the recommend book too (can't remember the name right now) . I highly recommend both. You should have asked for a demo on how to draw an arc. Man he makes it look so easy

[@reto-t4v]

Thanks for the breakdown! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@codygreenwood1014]

Can you please do a update shop and truck tour and a tool box tour in your shop please

[@bearwoodcraft3591]

Rough is irregular surfaces not smooth or level etc Ruff is a sortve neck garment worn around the neck in I th ink Jacobean time and finally Roof is the top or cover of a building hope this helps

[@SephYuyX]

Link to book?

[@dusty7264]

I have the book and grandpa taught me how to figure it out with a rafter square.

[@chrisdakins2010]

Oh boy…..first minute and were deep into discrepancies. Slope is x on 12 and pitch is based on span. We’re gonna need a lot of versions of that Bible too it seems! Love the channel though!

[@tonychandler6550]

In Briton we say cut and pitch. I Loved doing it. Now retired

[@scottgorman6738]

Snoopy calls it a 'ruff'. 😉

[@jimmyhoffa7935]

I also buy a farmers almanac & trust it too.

[@clydedecker765]

Personally, I love hip roofs for their "livability"I could math through regular pitches etc. But NEVER a single hip.. No huge runoffs like that with steeper standard A frame styles. Easier to keep lower overall height and cleaner looks from all sides. BUT I would NEVER attempt to frame a single hip. And CERTAINLY NOT bastard roof lines with varied pitches. Thanks for the "talk" and no need to "splain" the technical parts.

[@adnacraigo6590]

Rooooooof.

[@dylanakin2342]

Great video to watch before i go to work and frame a roof😂

[@benchippy8039]

**Its Roof, Ruth is a girls name 😂**The roofing ready reckoner was what I was taught to use, I’m in the Uk tho so the reckoner is all in feet and inches and I was taught mostly to measure in mm. We exclusively use the degree pitch of a roof, i don’t know how you’d use Pythagoras to calculate in America

[@psidvicious]

Pythagorean formula in the US is: a²+b²=c² 😉😁 i.e. 3² ft/m + 4² ft/m = 5² ft/m 9 ft/m + 16 ft/m = 25 ft/m same

[@benchippy8039]

@ fair enough- learn something new everyday! It’s still hard to swap between metric and imperial although we are probably the only country that goes to the merchants and buys 4.8m of 6x2! Most of our roofs are also a lot simpler than US homes, even on higher end homes. It’s harder to tile complex roofs and the cost is exponentially higher.

[@psidvicious]

@@benchippy8039 The cost to build a complex roof over a simple design is definitely exponentially higher. We catch a lot of flack for still using imperial measurements, so it has essentially caused us the need to use both. Some things predominantly in imperial some things metric. It’s a monetary issue. People can get used to a new system easy enough but it’s the cost that keeps it prohibitive. Re-tooling all of the manufacturing and industry, replacing literally millions of miles/kilometers of road signs etc etc. It’s just something we have to ask everyone to just endure 🤷‍♂ Also we’ve always called out lumber dimensions, thickness first x width, like 2x6, 2x4, 1x2, 1x8, 4x12 etc.

[@Gibgraf]

I bet spray foam insulation, 2lb product would have resolved this structural problem on those separated town homes. No engineer would ever agree. But if you take a look at neighbourhoods that have suffered hurricanes and there’s only one or two still standing in the rest of the neighbourhood got leveled. I would almost guarantee that those homes have spray foam for insulation in their walls and attic.

[@brianfong5711]

Interview with Bob Hope the Builder

[@tonyn3123]

I am disappointed that this wasn't at least 2 hours long. Having worked in construction management my entire career, I well know that, as a general rule, when lawyers become involved in construction related issues, common sense goes out the window. I am also appalled to hear the story about the townhomes and attorney involvement. I have never witnessed anything nearly as blatantly greedy in all my interaction with attorneys. Thank Goodness!

[@psidvicious]

Regarding truss bracing - Maybe they’re done differently in different regions but here in S.Fla, the truss plan and accompanying engineering are very easy to read and understand. The trusses are set on the structure, using the plan, with each truss having a unique number/letter code. Each truss is marked with that code at the factory and they are stacked and bundled “generally” in the order they are to be set. The bracing is determined by referring to the engineering package which typically has an 8.5x11 page, showing the truss in elevation and every web and chord on it. It will list the reaction moment of each panel point and clearly indicate where and what type of bracing is to be used. Our trusses are very much like a 3D puzzle or an old erector set toy kit. Just follow the instructions.

[@mabolzichjjl]

Why do I feel like the company he is referring to with the class action lawsuits rhymes with "multi"

[@climberdad]

From the thumbnail photo, I thought you were holding up The Book of Mormon.

[@roberthoy9922]

I say the way you do. I was told it was because I’m lazy in my annunciations. I don’t all that. But hey!! Who really care. If a guy know what one is saying, then what’s the problem.

[@UknownUser-vb3gp]

woof

[@roberthoy9922]

Ahh the concrete. I have hung more precast then most people even knows exists.

[@armandhammer9617]

I once saw a guy plumbing a 40' gable truss with a torpedo level duct taped to a 12' 2x4😂 yep she was a leaner 😂😅😂

[@ADR-x4d]

Ruf or Rooof. Ruf whoof.

[@MikeHarp-p6o]

I worked in a truss factory in the early 90s. Those trusses were horrible.you can't build anything straight with warped or twisted lumber

[@jeffreym755]

It's roof

[@Giroux68]

Po ta to, to ma to .. seriously....just listen to this man's leasons and learn.

[@burakozc3079]

These days i am building my own house. All design and structural ideas from myself. I just used 4"x8" for structural strenght and did not use any screws or nails. I just used metal rods to connect woods with epoxy glue. I am a different person, learning by thinking hard before starting a work.

[@korishan]

At least you don't pronounce it like "r-U-ff" 🤣😜

[@colinstu]

Rough

[@manonfire3642]

Nonsense to even pay attention to diatribe and pure babble.

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

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[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.