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14th October 2010, 10:34 AM #1New Member
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rafter length
Hi i was after some help in getting a rafter length,i am building a pergola and want to obtain a rafter length from the hancocks roofing book.i want to finish the rafters flush to the top of the side beams instead of on top with a birdsmouth, is it a matter of measuring the span to the inside of the beams instead of the outside
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17th October 2010, 09:20 PM #2Novice
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yes its that simple ive got 25 years experience as a roof carpenter so any other queries feel free cheers steve
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25th November 2010, 01:12 PM #3New Member
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Came across this post as I have similar issue trying to work out rafter size for 5m single span.
I came across a pergola span table that says a 190 x 45 rafter at 900mm spacing has a max length of 5.2 m for F5, 5.6m for F7 and 5.8m for MGP10.
Does this sound about right? Some other tables I have found have conflicting info.
here's a link to the pergola span table:
http://www.tabma.com.au/documents/TA...n%20Tables.pdf
A couple of other questions.....
My pergola will just run off the house (straight roof 3.7m high at house end and 2.2m high at the bottom end) and will be 9 x 5m and covered in laserlite.
The bottom end beam will be 240 x 45 held up by 90 x 90 posts. The rafters will be mounted inside the beam (not on top) so that I can put a gutter on the outside of the beam.
The house's hidden gutter has a hardwood fascia board underneath it (guessing about 140 x 45) - can I just put joist hangers into this board to hold the rafters?
the pergola area is surrounded by a brick retaining wall - Can I dynabolt my post stirrups straight into the retaining wall, is that an acceptable footing?
Here's a rough drawing of what I want to do, does is sound plausible?
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ba73e2108095838
Cheers,
John
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