Hicks' Builders' Guide: Comprising an Easy, Practical System of Estimating Material and Labor for Carpenters, Contractors and Builders ... |
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12 inches angle bevel of jacks bevel set bottom bevel bottom cut building carpenter common rafter Connect cornice crown molding diagram dotted line estimating fascia feet figures finding the length finish floor front gable front side give the bevel give the length gives the cut hip line hip or valley hip rafter hip roof hips and valleys inches from centers jack rafters jambs joining the hip joists left gable length and position length of common length of hip length of jack lengths and bevels lengths and cuts line A B lineal foot main hips method miter miter joint multiply nails ogee partitions planceer plumb cut polygon position for finding rear gable Referring to Fig regular polygon ridge line right gable rise roof framing run of common sheeting shingles short run shown in Fig shows the length sliding doors Space the jacks square Steel Square tongue gives triangle valley rafter walls
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Page 64 - That for and in consideration of the money hereinafter stipulated to be paid to the party of the first part by the party of the second part, the party of the first part has, and by these conditions does hereby agree to furnish &1!
Page 65 - And the said party of the second part agrees to pay to the party of the first part...
Page 33 - To find the side of the greatest square that can be inscribed in a circle of a given diameter.
Page 32 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The curve which bounds the circle is called the circumference.
Page 152 - ... explained in other figures. There are other methods of obtaining bevels for purlins, but the one offered here will suffice for all practical purposes. I gave a method of finding the back cuts for jack rafters by the steel square, in a previous chapter. I give another rule herewith for the steel square: Take the length of the common rafter on the blade and the run of the same rafter on the tongue, and the blade of the square will give the bevel for the cut on the back of ihe jack rafter. For example,...
Page 64 - Lord one thousand nine hundred and between party of the first part, and party of the second part...
Page 29 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the shortest distance between them. NOTE 3. — A trapezoid is a figure, like the one in the annexed diagram, bounded by four straight lines, only two of which are parallel.
Page 57 - ... cubic feet being allowed for the mortar and filling. Three pecks of lime and four bushels of sand to a perch of wall. To find the number of perches of stone in walls. RULE. — Multiply the length in feet by the height in feet, and that by the thickness in feet, and divide the product by 22, and the quotient will be the number of perches of stone in the wall.
Page 57 - To find the perches of masonry, divide the cubic feet by 24.75, instead of 22. Brick-ivork. The dimensions of common bricks are from 71 to 8 inches long, by 4} wide, and 21 thick.