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Hip roof conversion

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:32 pm
by richntrish
Hi,
When converting a 3 sided hipped roof of a semi to a gable ended roof , how do you extend the ridge board ?
Can an extra length be scarfed onto the original ridge board or is there somekind of double female ended socket available ?
Thanks
Richard.

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:47 am
by toptips
hi,a scarf joint is the norm