Appreciation post for the old framer who saved me from a bad roof

I was roofing a deck addition last summer in Denver, and this older guy named Joe walked over from down the street. He pointed at my birdsmouth cuts and said, 'Son, you're gonna have a sag in 5 years with those gaps.' I had already nailed up 3 trusses with maybe a 1/4 inch gap on each one. He showed me right there how to scribe them tighter using a scrap piece of plywood as a gauge. That interaction changed how I approach every single rafter cut now. Has anyone else had a random stranger just walk up and fix your work on the spot?

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andrewh9522d agoTop Commenter

Love seeing stuff like this. Had a retired welder walk up to me at a gas station once and showed me why my trailer hitch was gonna snap off. Cool how experience just walks up and hands you decades of knowledge for free.

faith_torres8322d ago

Haha I’d probably ask if my trailer hitch was safe and just make it worse.

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