Remove Roof Rafter Ties

Having one strong back is not sufficient to ties the walls together.

Remove roof rafter ties.

Yeah i know the roof ties and strong back are installed to hold the roof rafters from pushing the top of the wall out of plumb. There is 3 supports on the loft which i believe are either called rafter or collar ties which divide the loft into quarters. The one in the middle is around 3ft height which results in an awkward limbo or high jump. I m hoping the two sets of walls perpendicular to the rafters is sufficient.

The roof framing mock up below shows a standard rafter tie. Down the length of the roof rafter ties do not have to be at ceiling height to be effective but they. Measure for the collar tie and install it in the regular method. Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.

Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams. A rafter tie is a tension tie in the lower third of opposing gable rafters that is intended to resist the outward thrust of the rafter under a load. An engineer can design a roof with rafter ties on wider spacings look at the ridge and or wall plate as a beam if doing that. Step 5 repairing sagging roofs with collar ties.

This article describes and illustrates the different types of support that prevents roof sagging and wall bulging at buildings including definitions of collar ties rafter ties and structural ridge beams. I d just like to do away with the ceiling ties and put collar ties about half up the rafters although i would rather not put up anything if the structure will safely allow it. The bolts shown are not typically the way a conventional residential roof would be framed. Rafter ties need to be installed every 4 ft.

The prescriptive provisions of the building code require rafter ties on each rafter pair and collar ties every 4. If i could just remove that i could get to probably 75 of the loft without any acrobatics. The roof rafters are toenailed to the ceiling ties. Use a roof jack on the sagging roof rafters to raise them back into position.

In this how it works article managing editor debra judge silber explains the role of collar and rafter ties in the framing of a roof collar ties are necessary to prevent separation of the roof at the ridge due to wind uplift. Similar to a ceiling joist a rafter tie is typically a 2x4 that runs parallel to the rafters from outside wall to outside wall and ties the rafters together as close to the top plate as possible. In many situations you ll find that ceiling joists installed parallel to the rafters are intended to function as rafter ties.