[SEL] OT - another question....

[Rupert Wenig]

Hello Tim,
	A gable rafter and a hip rafter are not normally the same pitch. A
standard 4:12 gable rafter would only be about 4' high at the peak over
a 24' span where as a hip rafter would be 8' or more at the peak over
the same span depending on the rafter design. Also bridging and
reinforcement gusset plates on a hip rafter is normally done only at the
joints where as a gable truss has bridging between the rafter run and
the cord length to reinforce it interfering with free flow in the attic
area. A 24' span is to long not to use a reinforced rafter.

Rupert

Aermoter at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/27/2004 11:23:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rwenig at cable-lynx.net writes:
> A gable end style roof basically gives you only the main floor for
> space. You can build in a second floor easily if you go to a hip roof
> style rafter
> You got that one backwards.  On the same pitch roof you gain much more space
> with a gable end over a hip.
> 
> Tim Christoff
> Basehor, Ks.
> Aermoter at aol.com
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