5-12 DIY Heavy Duty Ridge Rafter Bracket

Introducing our 5-12 Pitch DIY Heavy Duty Ridge Rafter Bracket! This essential hardware is perfect for securing your roof structure with ease. Crafted with durability in mind, this bracket withstands the elements and provides ultimate support for your roofing project. Whether you’re a seasoned builder or a DIY enthusiast, this reliable bracket is a must-have for your construction projects. Make sure to add it to your cart today for a sturdy and secure roofing solution.

Durable

A truely unique part which fully strengthen the joint between the rafter and ridge beam. You will not find a comparable product offered anywhere else.
This bracket connects two Rafters to a 2X Ridge Beam at ~23-degree (5-12 pitch) angles. It simplifies addition of the ridge rafters at perfect angles to form a strong support structure.
This bracket eliminates the need to build a truss structure.
The high strength design of this bracket holds the ridge rafters securely.

Versatile

The DIY Heavy Duty Ridge Rafter Tie Bracket is commonly employed to construct roofs for 5-12 pitch Rectangle Pavilions, 5-12 pitch Gable Roofed garage, shed, or workshop, partial hexagon gazebos, and linear hexagon pavilions.
These brackets simplify addition of the ridge rafters at perfect angles to form strong support structure.
Couple this with our universal rafter tie bracket and 5-12 pitch roof skirt bracket to build a super-sturdy gable roof structure.
Use this bracket in conjunction with bracket #PTRT (Wall Top Rafter Tie) and #OE-RT (Open End Rafter Tie).
This bracket helps to create an open vaulted ceiling.

The Universal/ DIY Ridge Rafter Tie Bracket attaches to the bottom and side surfaces of the 2X main ridge beam and provides two rafter receiver U-channels at 23-degree ( 5-12 pitch) angles.

Do you have a single ridge beam and rafters structure which has a bowing or sagging ridge beam? Retrofit these brackets to straighten and level you existing structure or to add extra strength. Jack up the ridge beam until is level, add this bracket as instructed to each ridge beam and rafter joint, then remove the lift jack. These brackets will eliminate all flex at the rafter and ridge beam joints and help to keep the ridge beam straight and level.

The Universal/ PO Ridge Rafter Tie Bracket’s arms have upward facing open U-channels to easily receive 2×6 or 2×8 ridge rafters.
The Universal/ PH ridge rafter tie bracket attaches to the ridge beam’s bottom and side surfaces using six (6) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″ lag screws.
Each ridge rafter is secured to the U-channel with four (4) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″ lag screws.
Included are forteen (14) 1/4″ x 1-1/4″  lag screws to complete the job.

WARNING: You must attach this bracket to the ridge beam first, exactly as shown in the video steps, before you add the rafters. You must use 1/4″ x 1-1/2′ lag screws that are included with the brackets.

Don’t forget that you will have to drill 1/8″ pilot holes to drive 10D X 3″ nails, not included, at an angle to secure the top of the ridge rafters to the ridge beam.

Physical Properties

This bracket is constructed from 1/8″ thick high strength steel.
This bracket is laser cut and formed and coated with durable black powder paint.
This bracket may be spray painted over with any desired exterior-grade paint color.

This DIY Heavy Duty Ridge Rafter Tie Bracket is also listed at RioOutdoors.myShopify.com and at RioOutdoors.Etsy.com.