Can anyone tell me what the problem is with my roof here or what may be causing this? The front side of my house the roof has slowly been rising a above the rainspout. It’s gotten worse and the gap between the house and rainspout has gotten wider over time. This is creating space for birds/ insects to find their way in. Can this be easily fixed? Any advice would be great!!
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That's a puzzler. I'd try to figure out the cause before working for a fix.
You could be looking at a bigger problem than bugs and birds.
Looks like your ridge is sagging and pushing up on the rafter tails at the top plate. You’ ve gir a big problem to fix. You MIGHT be able to get several come alongs and stretch them between the rafters on both sides and pull them back in place but you are going to have one heck of a time keeping them there without tearing offing the roof and decking to get the rafter tails attached to the top plate. You might be able to take the gutters and fascia off and get in with a screw gun after you pull them together again.
Go up in the article and I will bet you see one hell of a gap between the bottom of your rafters and the ridge board. That’s because the rafters are pivoting on the very top of the rafter at the ridge and the very bottom of the rafter at the top plate.
East, south exposure? How old is the roofing? Any shingles missing or flapping?
Not sure where your located, but photo looks like rafters are sagging due to neither snow load or moisture then curling the ply due to drying out. Maybe nails gave out at the edge, nails too short, not deep enough, gutters clogged and some snow/ice is damming, or plain old poor construction or past roofing.
If you’re not getting interior moisture, either inspect the attic space or have a roofer inspect. At minimum you’ll to need to tear off shingles and plywood to repair from up top of that low pitch roof to get at any bad rafters/trusses. Fascia looks ok from photo so inspection that close to edge can only be made from on top.
Easy job (with proper safety measures, scaffolding, tools) IF you’re familiar with shingling roofs. Quick fix is screw down under shingles if there’s any good wood underneath - but that too is going to eventually fail if you don’t find and fix the underlying problem.