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#RAFTER VENTS FREE#

This is the beginning of the bird’s mouth. It should be parallel with the ridge cut. Use a framing square again to mark another plumb cut.Hook the long point with a tape measure, stretch it out past the length, and make a mark along the same top edge of the board.I prefer using the right hand side of the board for this ridge cut. Use a framing square to mark a plumb cut as close to the end of the board as possible.Place the board on a set of sawhorses with the crown away from you.Click here for 2012 IRC span charts and building codes. They have limits on how far they can span and rules on how they must be spaced and fastened. Typically they stretch from a wall plate to the ridge. Rafters are the sloping beams that support the weight of a roof. There should be no part of the tail that is run “wild” and will have to be trimmed later. It should be laid out entirely with a framing square. The rafter tail has no considerations for the calculator. What is left of the plumb cut is called the HAP. There is a plumb cut that is placed at distance returned by the calculator measured directly along the top of the board from the ridge cut, and there is a level slope (back slope) which should sit entirely on a wall plate with little or none of the wall plate left. The part of the rafter that sits on the wall plate is known as the bird’s mouth. If there is a noticeable gap, then it should be a red flag for investigation. There must be no gaps in the precision of the fit. The top of a a rafter usually joins a ridge. The scaffold is a value in inches that represents the vertical distance from the top of the HAP to the top of the walk board. This is also known as the HAP (height above plate). Then the rise is the vertical measurement from the top of the rafter on the outside edge of the plumb cut on the notch.

This is the horizontal measurement from the outside of the wall to the inside of the ridge. The length of the rafter is given from the long point of the ridge cut at the top down along the top edge the board to the same plumb cut on the rafter’s notch. The results are automatically fired as soon as any of the values are entered or altered.

Determine a thickness for the ridge and use the drop down to select it.

Use the blueprints to establish a pitch for the roof.

For advanced users simply use the inches box to enter a decimal value.

Then use the drop down to select a value for the fraction.

Use the number boxes to enter the value in feet, inches, and fraction, inches and fraction.

If they are not, then click here for the unlevel wall rafter calculator. This must be from walls that are of equal heights.

Take a direct measurement of the width of the roof.

Once this page is opened, the calculator will work without an internet connection.

If there will be no internet connection at the job site, then go ahead and open this page on a device such as a laptop or a smartphone in a location where there is an internet connection.

See the detailed instructions below for any further questions. They include :Įnter the value for the roof width (outside to outside) in feet, inches, and fraction, inches and fraction, or use the inches box to enter a value in decimals if that is your preference.

#RAFTER VENTS FREE#

Calculate the length of common rafters with this free and easy online tool by entering a dimension for the roof width, selecting a pitch for the roof, and the thickness of the ridge. The results are automatically fired.