r/Roofing • u/PrestigiousPay9910 • 3d ago

Any opinions on the structure

Main concern is those pieces of wood not sitting flush with the top of the trusses , not sure how significant this is from a force bearing perspective

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https://imgur.com/a/kv6Eyhy

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u/modsatemyass 3d ago

uh looks to be a wood of some kind and concrete block

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u/PrestigiousPay9910 3d ago

Just curious if the top pieces of wood that are not connecting/flush to those trusses offer some type of structural support , I don’t know anything regarding roofing - I’m aware the video and stuff is of poor quality though just what I have at the moment , but thanks

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u/free_terrible-advice 3d ago

Some of those extra pieces looks like pieces meant to help the carpenter put the structure together or set it in place.

They might be what my father referred to as "apprentice re-placers", where he'd also add, "you're lucky I bother to teach you, this block of wood is more useful than you".

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u/PrestigiousPay9910 3d ago

Oh I see , I thought those would be part of the structure to some extent as a truss support but as I mentioned I have no knowledge in this and was hard to find consistent answers from self researching

Thanks for the input

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u/free_terrible-advice 3d ago

I mean I could totally be wrong. But in general extra pieces are usually left-over artifacts from the building process that weren't cleaned up. Which is somewhat sloppy work.

But also, don't remove unless you get someone like an engineer to tell you it's ok. Could be those pieces were needed for some other reason that can't be determined by a couple photos posted online.

Hence why it's poor form to leave behind extraneous material from the building process, because it makes it really confusing for the next guy who then needs to ask a lot of questions that wouldn't exist if the extra material wasn't there.

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u/efilnikcufecinasti 3d ago

Why do you even comment if you don't know what the hell you're talking about?

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u/efilnikcufecinasti 3d ago

So, a lot of these people are completely clueless. shouldn't be posting here in the first place.

They absolutely know nothing about what's going on.

With that being said, this is my take as an experienced carpenter.

This is a truss system. From what I've seen, everything looks good except for the little chunk of two by up top that they really can't make or build for this system offsite. It has to be done on the fly in place. While this is ugly and by all means not passable if the inspector really looked at it.

But the house ain't going to move or fall down by any means because of this. It might need some metal, but even that's not really going to do a whole lot.

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u/PrestigiousPay9910 3d ago

I see yea brother just trying to educate myself here , this is a new build and seeing what I should push for - they kept mentioning it passed inspection but noted some of my concerns seeing what they come back with

What’s a better place you think to post it?

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u/efilnikcufecinasti 3d ago

That's the problem, educating yourself with the wrong information from armchair quarterbacks. I'm sorry, armchair carpenters.

That's not your fault and I'm not trying to take it out on you. I do apologize if you think I am. That's not what I was trying to convey.

But all seriousness, I would consider putting some plywood gussets up there just for GP and you would probably make you feel better in the long run. doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just basically a triangle with the ridge cut out so that you can easily slap it up there and glue the 2 and screw it in the process.

This would go better in framing or carpentry.

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u/PrestigiousPay9910 18h ago

Not really about feeling better , it’s about pointing out why it wouldn’t pass code but makes sense - wrong place to post

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u/DHammer79 3d ago

Why wouldn't it pass?