Uneven Rafters - Job in Progress HELP!

[Jeffery L. Haynes]

Originally Posted by Wayne Carlisle

It looks like when the decking was installed, the installer did not leave the required spacing between the edges of the plywood.

This type of problem is what you are seeing.

I have yet to see a stick roof where the "required" spacing between the sheathing is performed and yet they are fine..................what you have is simply bowed rafters....it is an aesthetic issue.

If every home was built to exact manufacturers specifications the price of a home would be through the roof (no pun intended)

Some installations instructions are simply worded to alleviate the manufacturer from ALL responsibilities regardless weather they are wrong.

Unless the sheathing states that it has been sized for spacing, I guarantee that the sheathing is 48" x 96".......now add 1/8" on each side for lets say a 75' single story home........... by the time you get to the other end your spacing is way off.........do you want to talk about how spacing will affect the drywall now...............you see what I mean.

In other words that 1/8 spacing is BS..........those that look for that are the same ones who want to measure that every nail is 6 inches apart on seams (actually had a friggin rookie B.I. check that on one of my jobs).

regards

Jeff