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I always enjoy reading your posts Mike I learn something new every time.  Thanks!

Thanks for not including pictures of all the scary critters that I know you must find when you are in the bowels of the homes you inspect.  Don't point me to a spider!

Wow I cant beleive the inspector passed this. The builder may not have seen it either. Poor framers for sure.

Michael looks like this was just toe-nailed together, if these people had the snow weight load we had this year that would not have made it. You must see some strange stuff.Steve

Scary, has ther problem been there 40 years or is the home 40 years old?

Your Friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

Luckily ya'll don't get heavy aounts of snow very often, otherwise that "Structural Failure" would become a collapsed roof.

Sean Allen

We don't have much of a load on our roofs here, except for the roofers walking on it. I suspect it would last forever as it is.

We don't have much of a load on our roofs here, except for the roofers walking on it. I suspect it would last forever as it is.

Hi Michael,

Thank you for another lesson, is there a course credit hour fee forthcoming?

Have a great weekend!

Hal

Michael, I agree that wood frame houses can be very resiliant and will often times perform in ways that defy "engineered" wisdom.  The hip rafter defect you show will be way more forgiving than the same defect in a valley rafter:)