Cut Rafters

[Mike Lamb]

Is there a reason why a framing carpenter would do this other than they ran out of long pieces of lumber?  The roofs were sagging at these locations.

[Marc]

• Inept contractor.
• 'I couldn't install any ridge supports because there wasn't a load-bearing wall below it'.
• 'Homeowner didn't want to pay enough to do it right.'
• Speeds up the job.  Homeowner won't know it's wrong until I'm out the door with the check.

Edited August 28, 2017 by Marc

[Jim Baird]

"Creative" framer with payday approaching and short on needed lengths.

[Tom Raymond]

The house I framed last summer actually had that detail in the plans. Horrible idea. We omitted it.

[Mike Lamb]

Here is and another example of the same although this makes more sense as the rafters are downsized. It is a 30-year-old house and there was no noticeable sag.