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I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.

The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
together but what is the best way to do this?

Stryped, if you've done your collar beams and collar ties properly, the
ridge board doesn't hold _anything_ up -- it's just a nailing surface for
your rafters. The ridge board _is_held_up_ by the rafters.

Therefore, it's easy to get a ridge board that long... just splice shorter
boards between the rafters, using a full-width lam. of 2x lumber on each
side, and about one nail every four inches of span (in both directions)
across the splice.

Don't forget to drop your lam plates down on the ridge far enough to give
clearance for the roofing or purlins.

LLoyd