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Question about roofing stryped 06-25-2005
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Posted by on June 25, 2005, 11:08 pm
I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.

The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
together but what is the best way to do this?


Posted by Anthony on June 25, 2005, 11:59 pm
stryped@hotmail.com wrote in news:1119755339.901962.298350
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

> I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
> nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
> next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.
>
> The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
> length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
> together but what is the best way to do this?
>
>

One method is to use a double ridge board (two wide). If you use 8' lumber,
start one side 4' from the front end of the other.


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Posted by RicodJour on June 26, 2005, 12:37 am
stryped@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
> nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
> next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.
>
> The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
> length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
> together but what is the best way to do this?

Butt the pieces together. The ridge is an alignment piece and doesn't
do any real work. Some people butt them together between the opposed
pair of rafters, others butt them in between pairs of rafters and use a
piece of blocking to tie them together.

R


Posted by Gary Brady on June 26, 2005, 10:12 am
stryped@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
> nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
> next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.
>
> The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
> length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
> together but what is the best way to do this?
>

Just splice it with a short piece of the same width of lumber. If
you're worried about the splice being in the way of a rafter, put it on
with screws and then adjust it after your rafters reach that area of the
ridgeboard.

Gary Brady

Posted by lionslair at consolidated dot on July 22, 2005, 10:17 pm


stryped@hotmail.com wrote:

> I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
> nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
> next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.
>
> The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
> length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
> together but what is the best way to do this?
>
Use a LAM board - a laminated board - they make them to several hundred feet.

Martin

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