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hip beam design
Does the ridge (2x) support the hip and valley beams in a hip roof?. I see quite a few high end homes with roofs that start out as a hip roof, and then the roof gets cut up by valleys and ridge beams from dormers and etc. In theory a non structural ridge can support the hip rafters that are...- BB27
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
