"al" wrote in message
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| Got a new roof last June after previous year's hurricane. Contract
| states that "rafter helpers" will be installed as necessary.
|
| I've just found that the end of a rafter into which fascia and soffit
| are nailed is severely rotted back to the edge of the wall and am
| wondering if that is where a "rafter helper" should have been used to
| shore up that area. Fascia on that section was replaced when roof was
| done so they couldn't have missed it.
|


I would assume the "rafter helpers" means new "rafter tails" which are
nailed to the existing rafters.

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