Roof eave missing knee brace - how to mitigate problems as snow season approaches?
If the knee brace has simply fallen from its original position then it was clearly never meant to support anything.  These things are often uses as appearance items much the same way window shutters are used.  It is understood that the shutters will never protect the windows, but still they go up for appearance. If you have a problem with the roof heaving and sagging, I suspect that the cause is something else. P.