Thanks for yourprevious post. Do the sloped top plates
tie together at the ridge? I think they would need to. If they didn't how would I have a continuous compression or tension chord? When you ran your analysis did both halves of the roof act as cantilevered diaphragms?
If you have a gable style roof and you have the wind acting perp to the ridge, how does the diaphragm work? you need a compression and a tension chord however at the ridge these chords are not continuous. also if the gable end walls have sloped double plates how does this get tied to the walls...
