OG, appreciate your opinion. According to the diagram attached, it is stating that 50% of the load is supported by the ridge beam/post? That seems to disagree with your statement re:rafters and load?
Hello msquared48
I would ask:
1. How old is the home? The house is 16 years old (2002)
2. Where are you located? (North East. We have four seasons, heavy snow fall in the winter)
3. On what is the column that supports the ridge beam bearing? (not sure I understand this question)
4. When was...
Hello,
Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I thought someone here might be able to provide an opinion. Looking at a home and underneath the ridge beam I've noticed a slightly jagged horizontal crack a little longer than the width of the ridge beam (photo attached - listing photo was photo...
