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EXAMPLES
REGULAR HIP/VALLEY AND JACK RAFTERS
A roof’s Pitch is 9/12 and half the total Span is 6 Feet . Find
the lengths of the Common, Hip/Valley and Jack rafters
(Jack rafters at 16 Inch On-Center)
KEYSTROKE DISPLAY
1 . FIND THE COMMON RAFTER LENGTH:
On/C
On/C
0
6
Feet
Run
RUN 6 FEET 0 INCH
9
Feet
Pitch
PTCH 9 INCH
Diag
(common)
DIAG 7 FEET 6 INCH
16"
Hip/Valley Rafter
Jack Rafters
Regular Side
(Jack)
Irregular Side
(Ir/Jack)
On-Center Spacing