![]() ![]() 6ft something (don't know how much space there is. as low as you can to not bump your head?. Personally, if it was me tackling this - DIY - I'd crawl to the eaves, take a very good look around, what meets what, how is it fastened, if need be add structural screws or bolts, or even structural clips that takes care of things down low then up higher collar ties everywhere, properly fastened. What part of the country do you live in? Snow load? Lots of tropical weather with high wind? The key thing not shown is what is happening where your roof meets the top of the wall and your ceiling joists. And there are some cons that may not fit with you or your house. ![]() And the detailing is more complicated and you have less roofers to choose from. If the idea popped into your head because of only longevity, then standing seam is the choice but you'll blow your budget compared with asphalt. Although many are probably handy in other trades, many probably don't even keep a level in their truck.Īsphalt vs metal is much more complicated than just picking ketchup vs mustard. That would verify if you can move them.Ī roofer should not be relied on to do carpentry work in the attic. Your videos aren't very good, the things I would be looking for is length of rafter, their span, and your location roof loads, if the rafters are full length or overlap over the kneewall, whether the kneewall is over any sort of walls below, and the connection of the ceiling joists to the rafter heels. Doesn't get much DIYer than moving these, you can even reuse the 1圆's. They can be at the top hugging the bottom of the ridge board to maximize ceiling space. They only need to be 1x4 and every 48"o.c. They are secondary and do not have to counter much force. Probably cheaper too and one person could do it.Collar ties are often mistaken by most as the main structural component of the roof. The added advantage is these can be placed to avoid the garage door openner, wiring,other framing etc. Use a turnbuckle so that you can pull the wall back to straight if they have bowed. The bracket would be the attachment point for the cable. If you attach a bracket to the rafter and the wall where they meet you would also be securing the roof to the wall to resist uplift. You could add 2 or 3 cables across the span. I doubt you will be able to get full length (20+ feet) material to span between the wall which would be the proper way to add the joist. I think the more likely scenario is there eventually will be more sagging and misalignment of the walls and roof. House framing can be very forgiving and apparently there hasn't been a problem yet. There probably should have been a wall or beam to support the ceiling joists and would have allowed for proper nailing of the joists to the beam/wall and each other. My guess is that the vertical 1X6 was used to support half of the ceiling joist while it was installed. The ceiling joists installed are sagging because they are joined in the middle. Collar ties and rafter ties are installed above the ceiling level to reduce the span of a rafter and do little to tie the opposing walls together, especially the higher up they are installed. The members in question are ceiling joists. I am just trying to make sure that my roof doesn't blow off at some point. I am *not* looking to use the space in the rafters as storage or finish the garage. Do I need any other reinforcements or should it be good? So I assume they were put there to replace something but I cannot really figure out what. I see some vertical 1圆 boards that are nailed in which seem like they are newer than the rafter. So I am thinking it was just framed like this. I checked and do not see an indication that they were ever there. Is it an issue that the every other rafter tie (I hope I have the terminology right) is missing? I mean the long connection at the bottom of the rafter. I added some pictures of the garage roof (sorry, turns out it is actually really hard to make a decent photo of it). so not sure whether I should do anything. I assume it was done a while ago and I have no issues with the roof. I am finally getting around to looking into this and I am a bit puzzled about whether it really is an issue or is OK this way. He said the previous owner probably did it to get more storage space. We bought our house last year and we were told by the house inspector at that time that every other rafter tie was removed from the garage ceiling. ![]()
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