This standing a near the end of the ridge board looking toward the 2x4http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=a452ef48-2d7c-474d-b201-6a0a38bb4f32&file=IMG_20170221_184939.jpg
Looking at a brick ranch built in the 70's, the roof is hip with a ridge board, house is L shape configuration.So 2 ridge boards and each board has a 2x4 a couple feet from the end, nailed to the side of the ridge board and toe nailed into the top of the wall or ceiling joist. These 2x4's have...