A difficult job made almost impossible by filming it one handed. I've done a few different roofs like that, I can't imagine doing it trying to hold a camera phone in my hand. Very well done, amazing really.

Started with a headache ended with an aneurysm 😅 And somehow people have the gall to call construction a "low skill" vocation, this would blow 90% of the populations mind (myself included) Keep bossing it del 👍

Great video, this has now helped me understand the bastard hip in depth I would not be worried about tackling one myself. Some of the comments amaze me with how good other tradesman think they are and how easier they might do it but you don’t see any videos from them, thanks for taking the time out of your busy day to help us understand how you go about a bastard hip. Del you seem like a lovely bloke and a pleasure to work with all the best. Ryan 👍🏻

Hi del I’m a roof tiler. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this. Very informative. You are a master craftsman. Great work buddy.

Absolutely brilliant 👏. Very well explained. Even though i rewind it twice 😂. Thats a video on a bastard hip wont get old. Not a easy thing to cut in., when true hips are the normal run of the mill..only even done one myself major head scratching 😂. Hats off to you Del 👏👌🇮🇪

That little effect when the bikers rode by got me haha good job explaining this with out any math . This is Awesome!

Del please don’t apologise for the length of your video. 50 mins of awesome! Loved it, old school, no maths … keep up the great content.

Great video del. It needed all 50 mins and was well worth it, more of this type of stuff please. 👌

Thank you Del for taking the time to bring us another brilliant video. 50 minutes of quality, enjoyed every second of it

Hi del the knowledge your sharing for future chippies is brilliant. Loved the video thanks for taking the time to make it.

Thanks for taking the time to video and explain, that was a lot of effort on your part for us viewers.

Am i the only one who noticed the flash bang with the push bikes 🤣. Great informative video. My experience with roofing is one day its all a bit confusing and then one day you wake up, it all clicks and makes sense

Thoroughly enjoyed watching you as a Fitter Welder Fabricator ,here in NZ Love to see other trades working and solving angular work problems You must be a very sought after craftsman, Subbed and liked Cheers

Absolutely brilliant video Del. been following you for ages now. your content is so enjoyable to watch and the way you explain the thought process really does help. Keep them coming!

Well del that was very nicely explained and the cut bits of timber To show what is happening was brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

In all my 23 years of doing trussed roofs hand cut roofs etc. Ive never do a bastard hipped roof. Guessing it could be a regional thing never see them in my area. Keep up the good work 🔨💥

I've been waiting for this awhile. THANK YOU! This is going on my favorites list. Don't worry about going long because I'm thinking that aside from myself THERE ARE MANY APPRENTICES and others who appreciate this level of detail! While every video you do interests me, roofing fascinates me. I'm going to be watching this video repeatedly. IT'S GOLD! You're definitely paying it forward!

exceptional vid del really interesting to watch a true craftsman at work gotta luv a handcut roof done to a top notch level

Perfect as usual. I was never as accurate as you, but have pitched many bastard hips. Both full hips. And floating hips. As with you. I start with the common rafter. That lets you work out the birdsmouth and soffit detail. I used to play with offcuts to get it right. Cut over length rafter. Set at pitch. Intersection with other pitch gives you last rafter on that side. Fix that in. You have the height of the birdsmouth from the common. So I cut a dummy hip end out of offcuts. Using a straight edge clamped to the rafter run you can move the dummy bottom about until it is in the same plane as the other pitch. That gives you the position of the bastard corner. Pin the dummy on in that position. And pull a string line from top to top of dummy. Take bevels off string line for angles of cut. You go way better than me working out exact back cut and dead centre. I would just put the side cut and call that close enough. Measure length. Cut and install. Jack cuts just work out from a roofing square 90 off the plate and a bevel. Yours would be perfect. Mine have worked many times. Difference between a tradie and a craftsman.

Great job as usual Del, very informative. Thanks for explaining a pretty complex job in an understandable way.👍

The Legend who taught me always worked out roofs with a small book called Ready Roof Reckoner. 25years later i still have no idea how it works 😂

An excellent video highlighting and clearly demonstrating all the technicalities in setting out and cutting a bastard hip roof. Simple but accurate methods involving nothing more than a string line, level and bevel gauges were used. Wonderful to see how this interesting practical roofing problem is completed to perfection using them. Most grateful for sharing your knowledge and expertise- the content was most informative! Incidentally, I AM a mathematician.

Very well explained video. Done a few of these before and they where head scratchers. This will defiantly help next time looking forward to trying this method. Thanks 😎

Excellent tutorial that any apprentice should watch...well explained in real world terms. Other observation is that 99.9% of carpenters wouldn't be as fastidious about the joints and tiny gaps in a rafter layout but I can understand and relate to old school "pride in the job" Well done on a great lesson 👏👏👏

You worked late because you took time to video it all for us. Top man 👍

That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for this. top, top work!

just started a barstad hip and a funky valley , you sir have put my head back in the game best of luck

Amazing work, don't think I would ever be in a position to be able to do this as a DIYer, but I can appreciate the amount of skill and experience you have to be able to do it and make it seem straight forward. Great job.

watched a few of these carpentry videos on the tube yours has to be the best in my book del you make it easy to understand well explained fantastic setting out of video and roof

Hi fella, really good video Thank you very much for taking your own time to make this feature-length I would have loved to have you as my teacher..great workmanship,keep it up

I'm watching this at the end of November envious of a summer day like that. A masterclass in roof carpentry. I really enjoy cutting a roof. It's one of my favourite carpentry jobs, but a bastard hip is something I've never had to get my head around and I would have had a lot of 9X2 " templates " sitting on the scaffold afterwards! Thanks for a detailed video like that.

absolutely brilliant, sir. I very much appreciate the time and effort that you put into making this video.....

Once again a masterclass. Cheers Del. 🍻 I

Wow information over load hat off to you del you done an amazing job I’m not even a roofer and you had me entertained for the full video I’m fascinated with the way roofs are set out thank you for this video

Perfectly explained Del 👏👏 I always used to pole plate them and cut a birds mouth over that but I suppose with the structural lag screws now I would say they would do the job.

Loving the longer video Del. That explanation of the centre point on the hip was brilliant! The nailing bits to the underside of the main run of rafters to mark and visualise the other run was such a handy tip, better than drawing it all out on a board! The HAP block proved to be invaluable too! Cracking job💪🏻

Holy cow! Need to watch this 100 times! Probably when I’ve had no beers!? 🤦‍♂️🤣

Mercy me! They don't call it a bastard hip for nothing, 🥴🥴 fabulous job once again big man. This is going to be one of those videos that will never date if you know what i mean. Some seriously good thinking and methods used.

Hi buddy I actually did a bastard hip.the other week probably only 3rd one of my career same as you no serious calculations like the Americans do enjoyed doing the job and enjoyed watching you

Cheers Dell, I’ve really enjoyed that. Just what the Dr ordered. The hips don’t lie 👍

thank you for all the contents sir . your are man amigo

Those brickwork problems are more of a challenge than the bastard hip itself lol. God bless our bricklayers. It’s always down to the carpenters to get things looking right

You're a legend Del. Love the little cyclist bit.😂

I’ve Been trying to cut my offset bastard hip rafter for 3 days now…lol. Think I’m finally gonna get it thanks to your 2 videos. One thing to mention, I’ve seen while searching for help online. You could add another top plate so you would have had a birdsmouth to cut. Prob about the same amount of work as cutting the fillers underneath. Not sure which way would be better. Thanks for the help!

That’s a great bit of working out wish I’d known this when I was on the tools,that said you could have added extra wall plate to the steeper roof to bird mouth the rafters 👍good job mate

Fantastic you now when you can troubleshoot a roofs like that your clarify as a true craftsmen of you craft big guy 👏👏🙌🙌🔥🔥

Beautiful work and education Del. Thank you

Greatly appreciated del great work as always a true craftsman

Fantastic video! Many thanks to you! Really enjoy seeing your practical solutions and no nonsense commentary. I was intrigued to see you lay the crown rafter up so that the underside of the rafter could be used as a rod: I do this all the time on roofs. I generally tack a couple of 4 x 2 off-cuts (to stand in for the HAP) on the plate and lay the template rafter on top and over the ridge; you can then mark both plumb cuts and the seat cut with a bit of batten. Both the bird's mouth and ridge cuts are always spot on. No ready reckoners, new-fangled apps. or expensive roofing squares needed! Another thing: I notice you sport a gas pipe hammer holder/loop. Who came up with those I wonder? I've had mine for years; they're indestructible. Might be worthy of a 'short' or 'how to' video in the future... Much obliged to you!

Brilliant job thanks for all the knowledge and experience big man 👍

Superb job Del, and a great video. 🙌🏻. Much better technical job compared to the one I done. 😬. Thanks for the mention too 🤝 🚴🏼💥🚴🏼‍♂️🔫

Absolutely splendid explanation.

Well done Del when you see it done it looks straight forward 👍👏🇮🇪☘️🤔😁

Got a book on bustard hips and valley and height above plate also the roof and ready reckoner nice job you have done lovely workmanship

Great video Del !!! Very enjoyable , thank you !!

Wow man. Excellent video!

Fantastic video Del. Very Informative.

Wow , loved your explanation, how good did that turn out , well done

Top job again Del. 🚴👍

Brilliant well done. Love it 🎉🎉 Keep up the training to all. Nice to see a regular and irregular. Next time your irregular I suggest bran flakes.😂

Sorry i couldnt watch it al because its what i do all day everyday , strike your hip through the corner of the face brickwork , this should make the soffit shallower along the steeper pitch but this will be compensated by having a higher fascia for more kick on the tiles , basically within a knats the soffit will come out the same , sometimes a sprocket is required or just accept a change in soffit depth . 30 years everyday and i very rarely set out a bastard via the soffit but i you must then strike your hip through that point . Brickwork at this level is rarely good so i always try and lose any discrepancy in the soffit , an eye will pick up 10mm in fascia movement from the ground or any roll off in the tile kick but never see’s a change in soffit depth you can lose 30-40 mm in 5m , sometimes you have to 🤷🏻‍♂️ Good work mate keep it up 👍

Lol del that shit me up with the explosions with the people on bikes 😅😅😅😅 great vid matey😁👍👌👋

yes dell that was a very complex job but as always you made it look easy

Brilliant video well explained

Del, Well done a real Masterclass Bob (Weston super Mare)

You’re a clever lad Del Boy. (Also Nice work sorting those bastard cyclists) 👍

Very informative video, very helpful👏🏻👏🏻

Excellent work and explanation as always Del Boy, best part was when you shot those two cyclists 🤣🤣🤣🙌👏👊

Brilliant stuff!

great video Del done one a few years ago real head scratcher would have a better idea now but great job again enjoy your videos

Great explanation though just watched the whole video!! Thanks

Watched every minute Del , didn’t understand a single one but thoroughly enjoyed them all 🤣🧱👍🏼

Bastsrd hips or valley are also called dual pitch in the states the americans work bastard hips from the fascia line del im watching your video again love ❤️ your videos

Very nice work, I just have to do the metric conversion in my head so I can follow along.😂😂😂

More than reasonable job Del as always

Brilliant job . Well done.

Really enjoyed that, trusses would have made it easier on you but it would have been harder to explain the theory behind it all.

Thanks for explaining the Bastard

brushing up on my roofing - timely video!

Looks spot on that pal. Why didn’t you stick a timber on top of the wall plate on the hip end so it would’ve catched a birds mouth as appose to floating ?

Great video, well done .

Love your work del. Always learn new ways of working things out when I watch your videos! Have you ever used or heard of construction master calculator? I use it all the time now. Just done a 50deg to 70 deg valley and using the calculator I can enter both pitches and it will give me plumb and seat cuts for the hip and also the cheek cut angles. I've found it very useful when doing bastard hips and valleys etc. Wouldn't mind showing you some day if wanted to see etc. Quality work again! Also when I do the steep jack cuts ill cut the angle for the shallower side opposite to the way I want my steep bevel to be, then run along that cut with circ saw set to 90 if you understand me?! Cheers. Adam.

Great job, well done.

I shall probably end up watching this 3 or 4 times to understand it.

Quality work as always ...

hi when we learnt to cut a roof at college we were only allowed a hammer, a saw , a couple of chisels, a square and two bevels, if we had to make an adjustment to a cut we were only allowed to shave it with the saw like the old boys planes were for joiners

You can just imagine in 20 years time when the home is being extended again the builder or roofer opening it up and saying 'Ahhh this was Del who did this look at those tight perfect joints on that Bastard' and the apprentices sniggering but it is true that if you are going to do it, do it once and do it properly.

nice one buddy. great job.

Hi. It is common practice in such situations to increase the height of the wallplate by simply nailing another length on top of the existing, this allows you to get your birdsmouths as normal.

Great stuff Del

You did a great job mate, I’ll have to watch it another 7 times before I would tackle one but that’s my brain capacity, not your explaining 😊

Wish i'd seen this 3 weeks ago. Had a guy here in Ireland trying to get a 40degree r😁un to work with a 27 degree. Basically all he did for most of the day was make firewood out of my timbers.Had to bodge it in the end.

another great video del

Clear as mud thx

Great vid Del, ive Google translated to Klingon , i get it now 😄👍👌

Never done one yet but i know now for when i do 👍

I don’t understand, 28K views, but only 809 likes. I think, the others looked drunk, a little..😊 Keep it up!

Beautiful work Del as usual. Very detailed. You just need to work on your aim for the cyclists 😀

I'll never have to do this in my life but was great to see how it worked. Couldn't work out what was going on but I could see how it all worked out in the end. (* What was the yellow thing that exploded hanging on the scaffold pole @21:23)?

Hi Del, really enjoyed the video I had to watch it twice for parts to sink in, unlike your last bastard hip there's was no comparison. When you were talking at 8.25 on the video about setting out the run, was that to ensure that your last common rafter was right so the hip end was at 32° ? Also a pole plate is that 2 wallplates on the hipped end so you can cut a birdsmouth ? Thanks for the video and all the time it must of cost you. 👏👏👏👏