Very easy to do.
Roof rafter seperation.
Some shed rafters do not incorporate ridge beams either due to small size or lack of technical know how.
As home buyers should we walk from this purchase.
Typical rafter spacing codes will specify a minimum spacing of 16 inches 19 2 inches or 24 inches.
The attached photos show rafter separation and broken collar ties.
With the proper tools anyone can do this.
The sellers investors who are flipping a foreclosure have upgraded the floors that cover potential slab cracks.
The inspector recommends a structural engineer to determine cause.
I m no engineer but it seems like this is due to settlement but how bad.
As such the ridge and the adjoining rafter ends are entirely in compression.
The top portion of the rater was still in contact but by the bottom of the edge where the rafter abuts the ridge board a full one inch gap was present.
The rafters on the rear side of a steeply pitched roof were separating from the ridge board.
This video shows how to repair a split rafter.
The reason is that in a rafter ceiling joist roof system the ridge represents the apex of a truss.
If anything has the ability to force the rafter ends up tight against the ridge it would be the formidable weight of the roof itself especially a tile roof.
Rafters must be strong enough to hold the roof sheathing and the shingles.
Builders aren t bound by standard rafter spacing measurements.
A ridge beam runs the length of the shed roof connecting every pair of rafters.
Condition was only present on the rear.