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Cut a rafter 2 inches short on a roof job last month and had to improvise

I was framing a small shed roof outside Austin and misread my speed square, ended up with a rafter too short to reach the ridge. Had to sister on a scrap piece with glue and nails to make it work. Anybody else had to patch a mistake like that and how did you handle it?
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scott.shane
Man, I always keep a few "Dutchman" patches cut and ready for stuff like that.
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the_evan
the_evan1mo ago
Yeah it's a shed roof not a cathedral ceiling, just patch it and move on.
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