Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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If its just cosmetic,why bother. Is the ridge straight?
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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I can't imagine your roof is sagging if it has trusses. Are you sure it doesn't just have rafters? Many old roofs were framed with 2x4's - not very good. You can get up in the attic with a jack of some sort, place the jack in the middle of the rafter, jack it up until it's just a little crowned, then sister a good Douglas fir 2x6 alongside the 2x4. Use screws to fasten the two together.
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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good luck finding douglas fir around here. I don't know what kind of chinese junk not even fit for firewood lumberyards around here are selling but I wouldn't build a chicken coop with it.
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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If they're on 24" centers rather than 16", not much you can do without going all-out.
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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05/11/19 09:17 AM
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If it turns out to be cosmetic I'd strap it and throw metal on. shim the sags and you won't notice. Thats if you cant live with a sag
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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I really doute the crowns have anything to do with it!
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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Are the bottom chords sagging where the webbing connects them to the top chord?
Eh...wot?
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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He said there is webbing: there is some webbing but they are for sure handmade with plywood gussets.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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He said there is webbing: there is some webbing but they are for sure handmade with plywood gussets. Correct but he didn't say if it was installed in the right places.
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Re: Carpenter roof advice sagging roof
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Correct but he didn't say if it was installed in the right places. Unless he happens to be a truss engineer/designer, and it doesn't sound like he is, how would he know that?
Eh...wot?
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