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Roof Ledger Installation

 
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Roof Bracket 01
Roof Top Ledger Installation
Roof brackets come at a 90 Degree angle.
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Roof Bracket 02
Roof Ledger Pic 2
Brackets are then bent to match the roof pitch.
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Roof Bracket 03
Stanley Ledger Bracket
Stanley Brackets Before and After they were bent to match roof pitch.
     
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Roof Bracket 04
Lag Bolts
Lag Bolts: Shorter Lag Bolt is for attaching the roof brackets to the 2" x 8".
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Roof Bracket 05
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket
Caulking is applied in hole of the bracket to seal hole so there are no leaks.
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Roof Bracket 06
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket 2
Longer Lag Bolt is for attaching roof bracket through the roof into the rafters.
     
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Roof Bracket 07
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket 3
Second Lag Bolt.
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Roof Bracket 08
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket 3
Third Lag Bolt.
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Roof Bracket 09
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket
A Ratchet works well for snugging the lag bolts in.
     
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Roof Bracket 10
Lag Bolting Ledger Bracket
Carefully tighten avoiding to strip out bolt hole in Rafter.
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Roof Bracket 11
Adjusting Ledger Board
Final Adjustments making the Ledger Board Plum.
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Roof Bracket 12
Ledger Board is Plumb
A level is used to ensure the Ledger Board is Plum.
     

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Note: Engineering for this application is not available for Snow Load Applications.
Roof Top Ledger creates a "snow dam" and puts undue stress on ledger and roof.

View more information regarding the design of the roof top ledger board.

     
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