Calculate a roof's pitch by measuring the rise versus the run, with the pitch being however many inches the roof rises for a 12-inch run. Layout a shallow roof at a 3- or 4-inch pitch or a standard roof at an 8- or 9-inch pitch, with instructions from an experienced builder in this free video on carpentry.
Expert: Robert Markey
Bio: Robert Markey is an artist who works in several media including painting, sculpture, installation, video and mosaics.
Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Erik
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c3lzo 9 months ago
still using inches like the dinosaur age
Soundgarden8497 9 months ago
9 and 3/4
vekka220 1 year ago
@OZMS1518 Draw a plumb line on a rafter then set your protractor to get the pitch, or you could just set it up against the ridge (but you're then relying on ridge being plumb), or if the rafters aren't exposed like in the vid you can draw a plumb line on the gable and set it against the overhang,
Pull out your little red book and you've then got your figures for rafters, hips, height, diminishers
Btw, give the metric system a try, alot easier dealing with 10ml, 100ml than 3/8ths, 11/16ths etc
junglemuffin 1 year ago
@junglemuffin
And just how do you do it in the jungle--Muffin?
OZMS1518 1 year ago
i cant wait to be an carpentry
FreshDaKiidx 1 year ago
its nice not to see a couple rednecks and actually get some useful information from a video
TruckerTim76 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing! I'm building a shed and need some wisdom!
songczar 1 year ago
@junglemuffin agreee very time consuming... Hancock roofing table is by far alot quicker....
nitrix1987 1 year ago
only the americans could do it this way.......
junglemuffin 2 years ago