A Roof Cutter's Secrets
To Framing a Custom Home
Published by the Journal of Light Construction

Author Will Holladay shares his insider tips gleaned over decades of cutting roofs. You’ll find secrets such as gang-cutting techniques for fast production of hips and valleys, and efficient techniques for post-and-beam roofs and exposed-beam ceilings. You’ll be shown jobsite solutions for rake walls, and curved and two-story walls. Includes step-by-step techniques for cutting bay roofs, gambrels, shed, gable and eyebrow dormers. You’ll see how to cut uneven pitch gables. You’ll find how to do custom work like coffered ceilings, arches and barrel vaults; even round towers, hexagons, octagons, and other polygons. If you’ve been looking for a book that covers all roof framing with some new tricks you may not have tried before, save time and money with this roof framing exposé.

342 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, $32.50