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(v) wrote in message ...
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 21:19:28 -0400, someone wrote:

A rafter will only be 7 feet long with a 5' span and a 2' overhang if it is
a flat roof. Any slope will add to the length.

He'll be buying 8 foot anyway, I presume.

-v.

If he needs 7' (doubtful) he buy 14' and cuts in half or buys at a
real lumber yard where they will cut them for him. At today's lumber
prices it pays to plan lengths and cuts carefully.

Harry K