Currently the ceiling joists in the garage are 2x8s spanning 16 ft.
Remove collar ties attic.
Above each joist is a collar tie.
The ties allow for a drywall ceiling and add strength to the roof structure.
As long as your ceiling joists rafter ties are all connected adequately to the roof rafters at each wall top plate you should be able to remove your collar ties.
First head to the attic.
Is it safe to remove these collar ties in my roof for a higher ceiling.
6 in 16 in.
Collar ties shall be a minimum of 1 inch by 4 inches 25 mm by 102 mm nominal spaced not more than 4 feet 1219 mm on center.
If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses.
Next i cut 2x6s and installed them by resting them on the 2x4s and screwing them to the rafters.
I m in the process of fixing up the attic of our house built originally in 1941 and the ceiling is exposed.
After that i could remove the temporary supports.
I installed some collar ties so i could insulate the ceiling while leaving an air space at the top of the attic for ventilation.
Can we remove the collar ties to make this space usable for storage.
Second measure the depth of the rafters.
To help understand what the collar ties do take a piece of paper and fold it in half into a shape like a roof.
But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place.
You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.
Watch this video before.
Jack herrington bloomfield ny.
I temporarily attached a couple of 2x4s to the rafters and made sure they were level to each other and along their lengths.
There are collar ties the 1 x 1 5 horizontal beams you can see in the photos nailed in roughly.