Roof Ridge Board Joint

To extend the material to the correct length i splice ridge boards with a v shaped joint as shown in the drawing.

Roof ridge board joint.

Because the ridge board is a smaller member typically only an inch thick sometimes even less it is not a structural member and doesn t carry the gravity load. Metal sales universal ridge 14 in x 126 in steel roof panel ridge caps. The rafters bear most of the weight of the roof. The ridge board holds them in place.

This video shows how to make roof rafters with a rafter square and or a speed squ. To begin the cuts overlap the ridge material with the crowns pointing in the same direction. For pricing and availability. Its only job is to provide a connection point for the roof joists on each side of the roof.

Ridge board the engineering principles of the ridge board are a bit more complicated. A ridge board or beam runs through the tops of rafters or trusses from end to end along a gable roof tying those framing members together. The ridge board runs the length of the building and provides support for the tops of the rafters helping the whole roof structure work together as a system. My crew and i call this technique penciling the ridges after the big pencil shaped piece of wood that results when the cuts are made.