Code would be the beam sitting on a post at that end. However there is no visible means of the beam bearing on the post. Maybe a few nails? There does seem to be a good sized column in the outer wall if the ridge is meant to be a beam. As rockies points out the outside end does not seem to be supported at all. The deficiency there would be the total absence of rafter ties across the wall tops and tieing the rafter tails together.Īs a ridge beam it is hugely deficient as it has virtually no real support at either end. IF a ridge board the non-support at either end does not matter so much. The unanswered question is whether or not the ridge member is supposed to be a ridge board or a ridge beam.Īs a ridge board it is unnecessarily large with two layers. I think your builder thought you wanted an enclosed unheated space rather than a future heated room because that's basically what you've got. You'll also have to remove the metal roofing and install proper OSB or plywood sheathing if you want to insulate properly (and that will require you to look into ridge and eave vents as well). I think you'll have to cut away the siding below the ridge beam and install a support post down to structure to hold up that end of the beam. The spacing of your rafters looks like they are 24" on center and you should definitely have joist hangers (Good luck walking across that roof should you ever have to). There should have been sheathing on top of the rafters with an underlayment on top of that before the metal roofing was applied. Cold air will blow up under the edge of the metal roof at the eave and over the top of any batt insulation you put there (never mind having a proper vent space running from eave to ridge over the insulation). I don't know how you are expected to insulate that roof. The right side of the ridge beam seems to butt up against the post rather than rest on top of it (or does the ridge beam rest on two shorter studs flanked by two longer studs to "lock" it into place)? It appears that the ridge beam rests against the original exterior siding on the left and sits on top of a 2x4 nailed to the wall (when the beam should go into the wall and rest on a post). Unless they used metal straps over the peak on the upper rafter surface there are no collar tie substitutes, nor any collar ties. It is built with a ridge board but I don't see that the peak is tied in? The second thing that I find odd is how it is attached. One I raised before is insulating the roof. I took some pics as how it is done looks odd to me although I am fairly certain that it was done to code. We have an addition on the cabin that we'd like to finish. Small Cabin Forum / Cabin Construction / Structure Forums - Register/Sign Up - Reply - Search - Statistics.
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