OK. Here goes....
We have a newbuild, which has glulam beams along the ridges of the roof.
Our builder, or rather our roof builder, decided that the 'best', (I suspect easiest) way to attach beams to the ridge was to cut them and join them to the SIDES of the ridge, like this.
When the dry ridge has been added, the width of the beam seems to make the ridge fail, I assume because the ridge is too wide.
Twice, in two big storms, we've lost slates along the top of the roof, and the dry ridge system ends up looking like this.
1: Am I right that this is happening because the width of the beam is too wide for the ridge tiles and that the system is breaking down for that reason?
2: If so, would putting another, narrower ridge down the full length of the ridge, with angled chocks up to it, make the dry ridge and ridge tiles work properly?
Like This:
This is a 4x2 to scale. I could either just slice it down its length flush with the top of the angled chocks, or cut an angle into it at the top. Which would work better?
Thanks, people. I'm not a roofer.....
We have a newbuild, which has glulam beams along the ridges of the roof.
Our builder, or rather our roof builder, decided that the 'best', (I suspect easiest) way to attach beams to the ridge was to cut them and join them to the SIDES of the ridge, like this.
When the dry ridge has been added, the width of the beam seems to make the ridge fail, I assume because the ridge is too wide.
Twice, in two big storms, we've lost slates along the top of the roof, and the dry ridge system ends up looking like this.
1: Am I right that this is happening because the width of the beam is too wide for the ridge tiles and that the system is breaking down for that reason?
2: If so, would putting another, narrower ridge down the full length of the ridge, with angled chocks up to it, make the dry ridge and ridge tiles work properly?
Like This:
This is a 4x2 to scale. I could either just slice it down its length flush with the top of the angled chocks, or cut an angle into it at the top. Which would work better?
Thanks, people. I'm not a roofer.....