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   Tommy_B. | Jan 17, 2001 12:22pm | #1

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   How many sides does it have? What is the pitch?

   I posted a similar question a while back about a 12 sided roof I was framing and got some great replies from several of the regulars here. A few of the things they taught me include:

   Buy the Roof Framer's Bible, by Barry Mussel, I have keep a few copies on hand, for giving and to replace that one that gets dropped in the backfill.

   Start with the hips, at least I do.

   Attach hips to kingpost.

   I like to head of the hips when the distance between them becomes greater than 14-1/2 or 22-1/2 inches depending on your centers. Same goes for when distance between hips and nearest common gets greater than than. This allows for sqrare cuts at the tops of the commons.

   With these methods, you can basically precut the entire roof prior to the start of framing. Then you will be able to gang cut all of the sheathing.

   Tom

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   Frenchy_Dampier | Jan 17, 2001 07:06pm | #2

   *Build it on the ground. you don't want to be 30 feet in the air wrestling with bending a sheet of plywood into position. Just think of what the first moments will be when the sheet suddenly gives way and you take your first tentative steps at flying. Use a rough terrain telescopic forklift to lift in into position. You do build with one don't you? How can you afford not to? A Gehl DL6 will put a conical roof that wieghs 2000# forty feet into the air. Build it on the ground, shingle it on the ground, and lift into place. piece of cake.....

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   Tom_Harvey | Jan 17, 2001 10:11pm | #3

   *Tommy, I'll defiantly get that book. My work seems to be getting more custom. Frenchy, I thought of building it on the ground first ( and still haven't ruled it out ). We're going with a 4/12 conical, tying into a 6/12. the sheathing will probably be double layer 1/4" for that well rounded look. I think what I'm really looking for is an easy way to continue my layout from the radius front wall up onto the 6/12 roof behind it.

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   Thomas_Harvey | Jan 17, 2001 10:11pm | #4

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   I'm getting ready to start framing a 2 story "L" shaped house with a turret on the inside corner with a "CONICAL" roof above with the back half sitting on the rest of the roof trusses that do not extend into the turret. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. ( As long as your answer isn't like "Length of a Ellipse" )