[Shop-talk] replacing Ridge Board in garage

[Doug Braun]

A ridge board is actually not a key structural element, and roofs can actually be built without one.  Unless pieces are falling off, you can probably leave it as-is.

My old house's garage (built in the 20's) has the same material for the ridge board, which was also used for the main house's siding and subflooring.

Doug


--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Dan and Jenny Fest (Coles Nurseries Inc) <coles at colesnurseries.com> wrote:

> From: Dan and Jenny Fest (Coles Nurseries Inc) <coles at colesnurseries.com>
> Subject: [Shop-talk] replacing Ridge Board in garage
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:55 AM
> We have an older garage on the property that was added to
> over time.  The wood
> used must have been whatever they had around at the time. 
> It's pretty solid
> and a good structure but the ridge board looks like a piece
> of 1x6 flooring
> and is cracked.  Are there any recommendations on how to
> fix this ??
> Thanks,
> Dan