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   Huck | Mar 05, 2006 02:14am | #1

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   "he...never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too" - Mark Twain

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   Luka | Mar 05, 2006 06:36am | #6

   Huck,

   Your image link causes the page to stretch.

   This is because the pic in the link has a huge amount of white space added to it.

   It would be better if you saved the picture to your hard drive, cropped all that white space, and uploaded the cropped pic as an attachment.

   Here, I'll give it a try...

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   Huck | Mar 05, 2006 06:58am | #7

   Yeah - what happened was I pulled up a thread with one of my old postings.  But since the prospero changeover glitch, I'm not the same poster.  Same screen name, but not the same poster.  So I couldn't get the properties for the pic by editing, like I usually do.  I had to right click copy the whole posting, including all that white space.  I could have gone through my old files and reposted it that way, but I was being lazy.  My bad."he...never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too" - Mark Twain

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   MikeSmith | Mar 05, 2006 02:58am | #2

   6 "  or  8 " i just  build a ladder ( probably 2x4  @ 16" oc )

    then i'd cut back the roof sheathing to the 2d rafter  and install new sheathing  that will lap fromthe 2d rafter to past the new eave extension

   good nailing  of the ladder and the cantilever of the new plywood sheathing will keep everything in line

   if you approach 12" or more, you  should use a detail like huck shows

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   Diamond | Mar 05, 2006 05:02am | #3

   Ladder's the way to go.

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   dieselpig | Mar 05, 2006 05:09am | #4

   Yup. View Image

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   Huck | Mar 05, 2006 05:11am | #5

   Overbuilder.  Guilty as charged."he...never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too" - Mark Twain

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   Matt | Mar 05, 2006 03:58pm | #8

   Mike:

   I'm good with the ladder rather than Huck's let in lookouts for the somewhat narrow overhang.

   Let me ask you this though - and seriously I'm just trying to learn something here...  You said: >> then i'd cut back the roof sheathing to the 2d rafter  and install new sheathing  that will lap fromthe 2d rafter to past the new eave extension <<  That would leave a sheathing seam going all the way up and down the 2nd rafter.  What about cutting every other sheet of plywood back to the 3rd rafter to get a stagered effect in the sheathing thereby mitigating the possibility of a gostline ridge showing through to the finished roof, and yeilding a stronger strucure.  More PIA no doubt, but would it be overbuilding? 

    

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   MikeSmith | Mar 05, 2006 05:05pm | #9

   up to you.. how about just extending the first and last sheet to the 3d rafter ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Matt | Mar 05, 2006 05:08pm | #10

   1st and last sheet - that was another thought I had, and almost typed it. - especially the bottom sheet.  As I think you might know though, my business is not so much about retrofits.