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9fingers wrote:I make it that the corner rafter will be about 10.73 degrees.
Bob
RogerS wrote:..........Gut feel suggests that it's 45 degrees and 15 degrees but a trial cut doesn't seem to work........
9fingers wrote:I make it that the corner rafter will be about 10.73 degrees.
Dave R wrote:Enquiring minds want to know: Was 10.73° correct?
Too damn cold to hold the camera steady.
RogerS wrote:.......Lastly - I have a question. How long should I leave the overhang of the rafter feet ? As far as I can see there's nothing directly influencing this but I could well be missing something critical.
Mike G wrote:RogerS wrote:.......Lastly - I have a question. How long should I leave the overhang of the rafter feet ? As far as I can see there's nothing directly influencing this but I could well be missing something critical.
You can even make it work with no overhang at all, so you're right, there's nothing critical about this decision. Make it on aesthetic grounds. Personally, I reckon the ones second and third up from the bottom of your second last photo look about right, whereas the lowest rafter looks too long.
Andyp wrote:Curious to know how the glass will be fitted.
Andyp wrote:Will it be DG?
Mike G wrote:The glass stiffens everything up, Roger. I really wouldn't worry too much about a little movement now. Saying that, the hip rafters should be doing quite a lot of bracing, so is it that one or two of those don't fit as well as they should?
If you really are worried about movement, a nice approach might be some steel tie rods as diagonal raised ties, like this:
The rods have a threaded end, and meet in a ring in the middle where the nuts can be tightened to tension everything up. Something along those lines should make a better job than some blanked off panels, I reckon.
Andyp wrote:Are those round windows what you have been doing in MDF?
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