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How Medieval Craftsman Set Out Roofs & Buildings

Paul Reed

Part 1

Setting out the span of the building using cord/string into 16 units

Part 2

Setting out the pitch of the roof from the rod

Part 3

Setting out the intermediate common rafters using rafter holes

Part 4

Setting out the the jowl posts & the wall plates

The Knowledge of Carpenters from the Early Medieval Period to the Eighteenth Century…

The Knowledge of Carpenters from the Early Medieval Period to the Eighteenth Century in Setting Out Roofs and Buildings Without Geometry and Numerical Measurement

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