Recent content by Mvincent20

Mr Whitworth I grew up in that same area as mr Silva, Massachusetts, and, as I stated in my post, that is where I was first introduced to pitch being a ratio of rise to span. And it was reinforced in other locations in different parts of the country. Your 4/24 pitch would actually be expressed...

I found this forum after doing a google search on “Why do people confuse roof slope with pitch?”. I was watching This Old House and Tom Silva was teaching some apprentices how to layout a rafter. He said that the pitch was 8 in 12. I was very disappointed when I heard this. I took building...

I am frustrated with this application. I tried posting a reply to a post twice and came up with an error saying I have to have 5 posts to reply. I spent a lot of time crafting that reply. WTF?