Prefitting a hip dormer
Note
backing cut on hip rafter.
Below left: mortise for center jack rafter nestled between both hips.
Below right: in place.
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Picnic Shelter at Five Islands Lighthouse Park
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Falmouth Timber Frame
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McQuarrie Frame, South Rawdon
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Greenwich Prow in Cape Breton
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Greenwich II in Peace River
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Greenwich I Frame in Queens Co., NS
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The Lindsey Cottage
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Garage with Storage Above
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The Cape Split Timber Frame
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Shad Bay Timber Frame
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Flying Queen Posts
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Lunenburg Boatbuilding Shop
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Timber Frame House at West Dublin
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Partial Timber Frame at Ross Creek
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Hybrid in New Brunswick
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Great Room in Grand Pré
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Our Old Cover Story
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Timber Frame Garden Centre
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Bethany Church, Halifax
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Addition on a Century Home
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Arlington Frame Company
8946 Highway 221,
Canning, Nova Scotia,
Canada B0P 1HO
Tel/Fax: (902) 582-7289
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