The same would be true for the heel cut down where the rafter sits on the wall. However, in practice, there's almost always a ridge board in common roof framing. It's usually a 2-by piece of lumber.

Canton, Michigan DEAR PAUL: Roof framing is one of the aspects ... top of the rafter where it touches the opposing rafter or a center ridge board. Before you move the framing square, make a ...

Roof framing is one of the aspects of construction ... at the top of the rafter where it touches the opposing rafter or a center ridge board. Before you move the framing square, make a pencil ...

Rafters are made from sloped framing boards of dimensional lumber -- usually 2x8s or 2x10s -- connecting the roof peak, known as the ridge board, to the plates of the exterior walls. They are ...