How to Connect Two Roofs: Fast & Easy 

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Glad it helped! Best of luck with your project

Haha I tried to keep it as fast as possible. When you’re in the field working there’s nothing worse than a 45 min video that could’ve been 5. Thanks David!

Hooyeah, haulin’ ass in the video. Had to jump back and replay dozens of times. Thanks for the video!

Glad it was helpful. Best of luck with your project!

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Great video

Not a problem Ivan. Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Thanks man!

Thank you, that was my intention. Nothing worse than being up on a roof or in the middle of a project and a 46 min video wastes your time

Glad I could help! Good luck

@@RathburnRanch roof is shingled and COMPLETED. HUGE THANKS AGAIN.

I never miss a video of his. Great guy and a very helpful channel!

Thanks man!

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Absolutely! Thank you

Not a problem!

Thanks Larry!

Glad it helped!

I have that saw as well. DeWalt definitely has a little more hp, but being able to use Milwaukee’s platform of all the same batteries are nice

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks man!

Thank you, they are Simpson Brand and come in a fold of I believe 8 spacers that unfold. They are pricey and very sharp but are incredibly strong and make the process fast.

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Thanks Jon!

I'm a GC in California...it's hard to teach the youngsters nowadays..most are stuck on Stupid..I believe in teaching young so trade doesn't fade away....You do a good job of explaining what you were working on..thanks for doing video's..if you teaching 1 or 2 that get it that's awesome...

Thank you! I'll try and do one in the future as well

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Thanks! Best of luck with your project

Thanks Dennis!

Absolutely! and yes I share your same frustration. The reason I didn't go into detail on that in the video was honestly mine did not turn out very good either and I didn't want to mislead people. It can be very difficult to get both sides perfect, especially with how inaccurate these trusses were! Always room for improvement and I appreciate the constructive help on the channel!

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I’m an electronics technician by trade. Not a carpenter. I followed your directions and mine came out perfect. Thanks.

Not exactly sure what they’re called, I just got them from my local lumber yard, they call them truss spacers. They fold up and allow you to temporarily connect them at exactly 2’ without having to measure. You just leave them on there and sheet over them. Quite expensive but really speed things up!

Thanks man! Yeah it kill’s me when I see or hear that. People need to say we’re having a house built and choosing the paint colors lol. Best of luck on your build. Remember to manage your stress- I’m not sure the size or budget for your build but this house took 10 years off my life haha

@rnRanch I've been stuck renting for 2 decades. We're in Arizona, and because of the clowns moving from California, real estate and rent has skyrocketed. We're moving to another state and I'm buying a lot and building a small home - about 1200 sqft. Kids are grown now. I have skills, but I don't know everything (obviously). So it's videos like this that will help me figure out the details - like how to join two rooves. It's going to be a ranch home, but I want to add a little character to the house by adding a front porch and foyer area in the front. So I need to join two roofs to do that.

I’m not a carpenter but I would likely stop at the ridge and build a small triangle to side. I’d be concerned about flashing if you roofed past that point and did a dog house down.

What you can do is do a reverse hip off the taller roof .

I’m not an expert but personally I would never go flatter than a 3:12. I’d say if you can’t change the pitches, ice and water the entire bottom roof and 2 rows up the 10:12. Sorry to hear about the issues but congrats on the new purchase!

I’m not a carpenter but I believe the osb is more than adequate. If you remembered to do the math before hand, blocking underneath the osb at that intersection would be best practice. The rafters are supporting a vast majority of the weight so I wasn’t concerned with such a small roof. Cheers!

i think it depends upon how much load (snow, etc) will be put on the roof, and how long the ridge is. one end of the that ridge will carry 1/4 of the weight of the area of the assembly. if in doubt, just add some blocking between the trusses underneath the sheathing

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Thanks Brian @@BrianKrahmer

I'm not familiar with those details. Any added support would not hurt haha

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Sorry you were confused Edward

Go ahead! Thanks

you have to consider loads in order to determine the correct material to use, and whether or not it needs support. i've built roofs spec'd at 45# load, and will soon be building one that will be a 250# load! there won't be any valleys on that one, but in such a case, there would be no 2x4's involved!

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@@RathburnRanch 768 square foot home

Wish I could send you a picture of the front of the house 🏠

Wife and I wanted a deck and gable roof just big enough for 2 chairs and a table with lots of plants 🪴 so we can watch our neighbors drive by

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The first one is just a reference point to measure from. It would be quite difficult to just chaulk the inner line without the first line to keep it parallel. Let me know if you're still confused!

@@RathburnRanch i got it now after watching the video 4 more times you clearly said it in the video too. thanks

Hi the bit were you use the block confused me to the that measurement were you say mark the top it passes so quick I get the right side flush with the ridge but we're did you mark on the left 3.20 mark on top bit

At 3.30 were is the mark were u measure from thanks

It might not be the right term, but that’s what I call the long side of the framing square.

@@RathburnRanch ok that’s what I was thinking, I was doing a new roof to an old roof and basically had to figure out the two different angles that intersect and was having a hell of a time to get it right.

Good to know. I was referring to the porter cable/ryobi line of tools 😂

The point of the video was for someone to reference when on the roof and forget a step. Sorry you were confused

Thanks and I understand that. I had the opposite problem when I was up on another roof. I made the video for guys who already knew the basics but forgot a certain detail. I tried to make it as concise and fast as possible for watching while on the roof lol. Thanks for the input though!

Good to know! That was my first time building a roof like that so I wanted to be careful. I'm sure that can really speed things up though if you know the math. Thanks for the tip!

You spent longer typing that comment than I did framing the roof bud. 103,999 other people didn’t have a problem with it.

​@RathburnRanch You wasted his time by going to the trouble of making a video that even someone with basic roof framing knowledge could understand🤯 He'll be asking for his money back next😮 Oh wait, your videos are also free😵‍💫🤩

RU-vid has a slowdown feature that will let you play videos at half speed. Sorry it was confusing for you

The point of it was to make it fast for someone in the field trying to get a quick reminder not an educational video. Every video I end up watching in the field I end up maxing out the speed to get through the video so I figured Id skip all the bs and get to the point. Sorry it was too fast for you

Welcome aboard!

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