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  2. Speed square - Wikipedia

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    Common indicates the rise in inches over a 12 inch run for common rafters from 1 inch to 30 inch. Hip/Val indicates the rise in inches over a 17 inch run for hip or valley rafters from 1 inch to 30 inch. Some models have divots for fitting a writing utensil to mark lumber with.

  3. Steel square - Wikipedia

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    The hip or valley rafter also connects the ridge to the plate, but lies at a 45-degree angle to the common rafter. This number gives the length of the hip or valley rafter per seventeen units of run. Difference in lengths jacks. The jack rafters lie in the same plane as the common rafter but connect the top plate (the wall) or ridge board to ...

  4. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    East Asian hip-and-gable roof; Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof; Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan. [10] The sloping sides rise to a peak. For steep tower roof variants use Pyramid roof. Pyramid roof: A steep hip roof on a square building.

  5. List of Illinois companies - Wikipedia

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    companies in Illinois according to revenues with State and U.S. rankings: State rank Corporation US rank 1: Archer Daniels Midland: 27 2: Boeing: 30 3: Walgreen: 37 4 ...

  6. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    An unusual example of balloon framing: The Jim Kaney Round Barn, Adeline, Illinois, U.S. Balloon framing is a method of wood construction used primarily in areas rich in softwood forests such as Scandinavia, Canada, the United States up until the mid-1950s, and around Thetford Forest in Norfolk, England.

  7. Hip roof - Wikipedia

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    The "hips" and hip rafters sit on an external corner of the building and rise to the ridge. Where the building has an internal corner, a valley makes the join between the sloping surfaces (and is underlain by a valley rafter). Hip roofs have the advantage of giving a compact, solid appearance to a structure. The roof pitch (slope) may vary.

  8. Timber roof truss - Wikipedia

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    Key:1: ridge beam, 2: purlins, 3: common rafters. This is an example of a "double roof" with principal rafters and common rafters. A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof.

  9. Purlin - Wikipedia

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    By supporting the rafters they allow longer spans than the rafters alone could span, thus allowing a wider building. Purlin plates are very commonly found in large old barns in North America. A crown plate has similarities to a purlin plate but supports collar beams in the middle of a timber-framed building.