Raking Cutting Roof Sheeting

For this 6 in 12 pitch roof i made one leg 12 inches and the other 24 inches.

Raking cutting roof sheeting. Terms are used to break down the various areas of a roof and a rake is one of many roof sections. Roofing terminology may be difficult to understand unless you are a builder or roofer. This video is unavailable. It is a term that describes the sloped sides of a gable end.

A dictionary of construction surveying and civil engineering author s. Roof sheathing is a lot more than just flat panels onto which shingles are attached. After cutting the angle i attached strips of 1x2 along the hypotenuse on both sides. The rake is not exactly on the roof.

From that corner i cut a right triangle at the roof pitch doubling the rise and run dimensions so the jig could be used for cutting full size rafters.