June '26 Chat -- Summertime!

malibu795

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Well up on the roof of my shop, putting screws in the sheet metal leading edges, and the roof "drops" under. My weight🥴
Climbed down started examining roof from inside
Thought the purlin? Got pulled up off the truss...
generally can see clearly as they're behind the light so hard to spot easily..

Time to go find a taller ladder and make repairs
 

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2004LB7

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Well up on the roof of my shop, putting screws in the sheet metal leading edges, and the roof "drops" under. My weight🥴
Climbed down started examining roof from inside
Thought the purlin? Got pulled up off the truss...
generally can see clearly as they're behind the light so hard to spot easily..

Time to go find a taller ladder and make repairs
Might want to lay off on those hamburgers 🤣
 

malibu795

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Tempish fix for now, need to get a 2*10 that's 12' long or ideally 2*12*12 to sister the board up.
One of the purlins pull out and the next one down pulled the 2*12 apart and it's split all the way down
Time to clean up and go to bed.. goberment got our authority up and running late Friday.. so full week ahead
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Trimox

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Brother had a repair job recently where the beam split similar to yours. Not quite as bad. I welded up a metal bracket for him and he put it on. Apparently worked great
While that will work and looks great in the short run, long run not so much. I don't know what short is, or long is. The ridge beam is is splitting because the exterior walls are moving out, then ridge moves down. Collar ties are the only sure fix. I know that the destroys the cathedral ceiling look. We can only do what the customer will pay for.
 

2004LB7

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While that will work and looks great in the short run, long run not so much. I don't know what short is, or long is. The ridge beam is is splitting because the exterior walls are moving out, then ridge moves down. Collar ties are the only sure fix. I know that the destroys the cathedral ceiling look. We can only do what the customer will pay for.
This 2x

Only reason he wasn't able to do more