# Carpentry/architecht advice needed. EDIT: Now with pics of my garage. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 22, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpentry-architecht-advice-needed-edit-now-with-pics-of-my-garage/29688 "2007-05-22T10:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
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[quote=“JayS,post:12,topic:29688"”] I have almost no formal mechanical engineering training [/quote] Reason #1 why I’m interested in your advice! :biglol: Yeah it’s about 50 years old. Which is probably why I should just repoint the mortar and stop trying to over-engineer it. Actually now that you mention it, another reason why I should just do that is because that’s what my professional and experienced home inspector told me to do when I bought the house. :bloated: :lolham: (The home inspector’s opinion was that the problem was mostly caused by a lack of a back gutter.) I’ll probably toss up a few joists just because it’s a cheap and easy way to add a bit of strength, but that’s about it. Newman I see where you’re coming from. Your design will add a ton of tension immediately, halting all spreading of the roof. But I’m not even positive that there is a spreading problem. It’s just one theory. Another theory is that the ridge beam is properly supported and there is no spreading problem, only a moisture related shifting problem. Maybe I’ll just leave it be until 6 months before I want to sell the place, then repoint the blocks so it looks nice and pretty and :gtfo: --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpentry-architecht-advice-needed-edit-now-with-pics-of-my-garage/29688)._