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Yammer Dan

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Got to take Warden and her Mom to Flea Market and dinner tomorrow. Sheeting should be finished Monday. It will take a while to screw everything down as well as I want. This thing is SOLID. Not sparing the screws. Even adding a few nails. Underlayment shouldn't take long and then it looks like I get to cut every piece of metal. Its about 2 inches too long.....:bang head::bang head::bang head:

 

It might be a blessing in disguise.

 

The metal will extend over the evestrough a little.

Water will still drop into the trough, but perhaps snow and ice will slide right over it without ripping it off!

My metal was 1 3/4 too long, before we cut we ask the metal/truss supplier why it was long. They claimed just what Trader said, so snow and ice will slide off over the gutter without ripping it down. With a 5" gutter there is still over 3" of clearance for the water to drop, if it is coming off the roof hard and fast enough to overshoot that then we have more problems than just gutter effectiveness!

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Is that 1 3/4 too long when butted together at the peak or are you leaving a space for ventilation at the peak ?

 

I would think the ideal would be only an inch or so of gutter being exposed ....but then it's not like I know what I'm talking about.

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Is that 1 3/4 too long when butted together at the peak or are you leaving a space for ventilation at the peak ?

 

I would think the ideal would be only an inch or so of gutter being exposed ....but then it's not like I know what I'm talking about.

And I know even less about this wood butchering stuff but,, the kit builder told us to leave a total of 2" on the ridge for air gap, from gable to gable. Had we closed it up to zero there would have been only 3/4" overhang.

Since he sheeted his with OSB(why?) then he likely has no air gap at the ridge. Common practice there is to butt it up tight isn't it? When I built my Gamble roof garage 18 years ago that is what I was told to do, then cut vents in roof.

I'm quite sure that neither of the methods I mention are actually code or common building practice, just did what I was told like a good little sheeple. I am illiterate when working with wood.

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