Use for rafters that do not extend from the roof plates to the ridgeboards; employed in hip roofs to reach from roof plates to hip rafters. For rafters spanning between valley rafters and ridgeboards, use "valley jacks."
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cripple rafters
hip jack rafters
hip jacks
jack rafters, hip
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rafters, jack
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