A brace for securing roof decking adjacent a roof ridge vent takes the form of an elongated channel, preferably a metal J-shaped channel, with the brace being wrapped around the upper edge portion of the roof decking at the roof ridge. The brace stiffens and carries the weight of the roof decking be
A brace for securing roof decking adjacent a roof ridge vent takes the form of an elongated channel, preferably a metal J-shaped channel, with the brace being wrapped around the upper edge portion of the roof decking at the roof ridge. The brace stiffens and carries the weight of the roof decking between the roof trusses or rafters, allowing an unobstructed flow of ventilation air under the decking and preventing bowing of the roof decking. The brace is at least partially covered by a line of shingles and then mounting flange portions of a ridge vent extend over each of the brace, decking edge and shingles.
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1. A building comprising: a plurality of interconnected, upstanding side walls; anda roof including: a plurality of spaced rafters extending above the side walls, to a roof peak;roof decking including a plurality of roofing sheets positioned upon the plurality of spaced rafters, with upper ones of t
1. A building comprising: a plurality of interconnected, upstanding side walls; anda roof including: a plurality of spaced rafters extending above the side walls, to a roof peak;roof decking including a plurality of roofing sheets positioned upon the plurality of spaced rafters, with upper ones of the plurality of roofing sheets including uppermost edge portions which terminate, at a position spaced from the roof peak; anda plurality of ridge vent braces, with each ridge vent brace including: a base leg;an upper leg; anda connecting leg joining the base leg and the upper leg while establishing a channel between the base leg and the upper leg, with the channel receiving the uppermost edge portion of a respective said roofing sheet such that the base leg is interposed between the rafters and the roof decking and the upper leg is positioned above the roof decking, wherein each of the plurality of ridge vent braces is stiff and substantially inflexible so as to prevent deformation of the uppermost edge portions of the roof decking; andat least one ridge vent member extending along the peak. 2. The building according to claim 1, wherein the, plurality of ridge vent braces are indirectly secured to the rafters through the roof decking at a position adjacent the roof peak. 3. The building according to claim 1, wherein the stiff, substantially inflexible material is metal. 4. The building according to claim 1, wherein the base leg extends from the connecting leg a distance greater than the upper leg. 5. The building according to claim 4, wherein the base leg extends at least twice as far from the connecting leg as the upper leg. 6. The building according to claim 5, wherein each ridge vent brace is substantially J-shaped in side view. 7. The building according to claim 6, wherein the connecting leg extends substantially perpendicular to each of the base and upper legs. 8. The building according to claim 1, wherein the uppermost edge portion of the respective said roofing sheet is snugly received within the channel. 9. The building according to claim 1, wherein the at least one ridge vent member both covers the roof peak and extends over the plurality of ridge vent braces. 10. The building according to claim 1, wherein the channel has a length equal to a length of the uppermost edge portion of the respective said roofing sheet. 11. A method of constructing a roof of a building including side walls and rafters extending above the side walls to a peak of the building comprising: positioning uppermost edge portions of sheets of roof decking within channels defined between interconnected base and upper legs of ridge vent braces;securing the sheets of roof decking to the rafters such that the uppermost edge portions and the ridge vent braces are spaced from the peak, the base legs are interposed between the rafters and the roof decking, and the upper legs are positioned above the roof decking, wherein each of the plurality of ridge vent braces is stiff and substantially inflexible so as to prevent deformation of the uppermost edge portions of the roof decking; andsecuring at least one ridge vent member along the peak. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the ridge vent braces are only indirectly secured to the rafters through the roof decking. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the uppermost edge portions of the roof decking are snugly received within the channels of the ridge vent braces. 14. The method of claim 11, further comprising: mounting the at least one ridge vent member over both the peak and the ridge vent braces. 15. The method of claim 11, further comprising: employing ridge vent braces each having a channel length equal to a length of a respective sheet of the roof decking. 16. The method of claim 11, further comprising: positioning the ridge vent braces relative to the peak such that the base legs extend further from the peak than the upper legs. 17. The method of claim 11, further comprising: attaching shingles on the roof, with a line of the shingles at least partially covering the ridge vent braces. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: extending mounting flange portions of the at least one ridge vent over each of the ridge vent braces, the uppermost edge portions of the roof decking and at least a section of the line of shingles. 19. The method of claim 11, wherein securing the sheets of roof decking constitutes nailing a plurality of wood roofing sheets. 20. The building according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of roofing sheets is formed of wood.
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