Putting A New Roof On Warped Support Beams

It s time to start restoring the structure marking an important moment in the house s history.

Putting a new roof on warped support beams.

The pitch of the toof is significantly increased to provide additional strength and durability as well as providing a better internal space. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Long story short it is possible to put steel on this type of roof but have a contractor look at it first and make sure you are not just hiding a disaster waiting to happen. After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters.

Raise it no more than 1 2 to 1 in. It is important to choose brass screws since brass will not rust until iron screws. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle. Total to release the weight from each post.

To hold them up until the decking of the roof is placed on top a 12 foot 1 inch by 4 inch piece of lumber is used. Have an assistant simultaneously raise the shoring post as tight as possible against the beam to provide backup load support. Here we have a wood framed gable roof. A new timber ring beam is fitted alongside the existing windows to support the new roof structure.

Continuing on from part 3. Nail or screw these cleats into place so that they box in the beam. With the beam resting on the beam ledgers attach a pair of 2x4 side cleats to the king studs at both ends of the beam. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun.

When all the trusses are installed and the first row of decking is on this brace is removed. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.

Raise the house beam by pumping the hydraulic jack very slowly using short strokes. Usually trusses are put 24 inches apart. Sometimes a sagging roof line can be fixed with a few new joists and osb sheeting but sometimes it is cheaper and smarter to remove the entire roof and replace with engineered trusses. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam.

Make sure that while you work you push the roof upwards. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Step 2 the conservatory roof is carefully removed leaving only the windows doors and and brickwork in place.

It can be nailed temporarily to each truss as the next truss is put in place. This effectively creates channels on both sides of the beam ensuring that you ll be able to lift the beam upward without fear that it will slip off the ledgers.