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03-30-2007, 11:17 AM #11
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"Keep in mind - the ridge bears no down load...the rafters are carrying all the load the ridge has only horizontal forces acting on it....So, the ridge can be a lesser material than the rafters"
WRONG!!!, the ridge has the most load on it, and it has to be a beam unless, as allen has already said, it has ceiling ties designed as a site built truss.
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