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   MattMillham | Jun 25, 2019 03:14pm | #1

   It's a little unclear what the picture is showing. Can you take a wider shot of the ridge with multiple rafters?

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   calvin | Jun 25, 2019 05:53pm | #2

   The last time he posted this it looked like the rafters were old 1 by, perhaps 5/4. They lap’d and they were bolted together. The block looked like old 2 by and might have lap’d flat between them. This meant maybe to catch the sheathing (in place of any ridge.

   Would guess that the sheathing was 1 by boards. Don’t know the age of the house.

   I think.

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   MattMillham | Jun 27, 2019 11:55am | #3

   Thanks, Calvin. Yeah - it didn't look like a ridge at all. What you describe pretty much jibes with the pic. The only thing I guessed different is that the blowout from that roofing nail makes me think the sheathing is plywood.

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   user-7496479 | Jun 29, 2019 11:23am | #4

   Thanks for all your comments. I will post more pics

   
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   user-7496479 | Jun 29, 2019 11:26am | #5

   I don’t know why the pics are sideways but the rafters are bolted together and the “ridge board is above the bolts. I uploaded a pic of the ridge without the board. They are not continuous and measure 3.5 inches across

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   user-7496479 | Jun 29, 2019 11:27am | #6

   So far my house is still up. I am just curious what these pieces Of wood are and their purpose. My home was built in 1963 in Springfield va by crestwood homes

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   calvin | Jun 30, 2019 03:05pm | #7

   Answer this question, what thickness are the rafters? And sorry to ask, but get a light up there and take a wider angle of the framing please.

   Thanks