Replacing Roof Rafters

Length is the roof eave gutter side.

Replacing roof rafters.

Measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. How to replace rotted wood rafters. 1 enter house footprint. In some cases it may be necessary to remove a section of metal roof.

Roof pitch is the value. Clamp the replacement beam to the wooden backboard at the rear of the eave enclosure to hold it in place. Cut a piece of 1 by pressure treated lumber that is longer than the replacement board by 4 to 6 inches. Measure as precisely as possible down to the 1 4 inch 0 64 cm 1 8 inch 0 32 cm or 1 16 inch 0 16 cm.

Width or span is the gable side of the roof which is. Use your tape measure to record the. This video shows from start to finish the repair of rotted endbeams on a house using the endrot system. Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters need to be and the angles at which you ll cut the top and bottom of the rafter.

Cut a replacement board from 2 by pressure treated lumber that is the same size and width as the rafter tail you just cut using a circular saw. Sand the filler and apply. Install the new rafters. Most houses have overhangs soffits which are needed to protect the house exterior walls and.

When you ve successfully replaced one rafter it will be safe to begin removing the next one. Remove weak spongy wood preserve and protect wood wi. Cut off the rotted rafter tail with a reciprocating saw. Fill the seams where a rafter tail meets the cut end of a rafter with exterior wood filler.

2 enter overhang length. October 09 2017 04 52 13 pm so i live in a smaller 2 story house my spouse and i had talked about adding on as sharing the bathroom with all the kids would eventually get old. Stupid idea of the week. Fasten the rafter with 4 10 cm wood screws.

If necessary enlist a roofing contractor to fill in the areas where shingles and roofing paper were removed. 3 enter roof pitch slope. Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to. How to replace the rafters without removing the roof step 1.

The rotten wood will come away easily. Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar. Replacing rafters with trusses on. Measure the length of framing wood needed with a measuring tape.

If the entire rafter was rotten use the.