This morning, we resumed the battle with the K Ridge Rafter!! We first applied Plan K by slicing off the sticking out webbing down on the wall end of the rafter.
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This then allowed much more freedom of movement. But even then, we still had to cut away a little more of the webbing so the top flange could fit on and slide into the bird’s mouth. We even had to cut away a small piece of the webbing and internal noggin at the I-Beam end to get it to swing downwards into the bracket and avoid the I-Beam flange! But we FINALLY got I it in!!
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We glued and nailed both ends plus also we doubled up the webbing at the wall end to reinforce the connection to the vertical post. It is now very, very solid and it ain’t going anywhere!!
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