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From: [e-mail] (Brendan B. Boerner)
Newsgroups: austin.talk
Subject: Re: Self supporting roof (was Re: Cable Rates going up.
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Date: 2 Jan 93 20:26:00 GMT
References: <1992Dec25.171511.2585@rpp386> <[e-mail]> <1993Jan1.185744.13876@rpp386>
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In article <1993Jan1.185744.13876@rpp386> [e-mail] (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>Cheaper homes are built with pre-framed trusses so they can get away with
>using 2x4's.  But you lose your attic in the bargain.  Our rafters are 20'
>long or so 2x6's or 2x8's (I could go measure if you care) with only a
>few pieces of 2x4 at the apex.  Flatter pitched roofs (again, ours is
>6x12 or 8x12) require internal framing because of the mechanics of that
>low, wide "triangle" (being easier to "flatten" out), so you might see
>this on 2 story homes where total height is a concern.

Flatter rafters, that would explain it.  Also, the time I had most
contact with rafters was constructing my dad's barn using rafters from
some barracks being torn down at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
The were relatively flat AND the points didn't meet - there was a gap
about 6 inches there where some sort of duct or something had been
(details are fuzzy, it's been 15 or more years).

Brendan
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