Suspending Roof Rafters

Cut a piece of flashing with the tin snips at least 2 inches larger than the damage.

Suspending roof rafters.

Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. The rafters were tied at every other pair at the top and near the springing the point where an arch or roof rises with a vertical hanging tension member between the two all ties and tension members of 2 inch by 4 inch ungraded lumber fastened with 16d nails. Patch large holes or rotted areas temporarily with pieces of metal roof flashing. Suspending weight from roof trusses ztengguy structural 25 jul 13 12 57 if its only one truss just sister or place a steel beam or gluelam next to the truss and support the load.

System sits on rubber cork vibration isolators. In this roof sag removal project because we are pushing the existing rafters apart using a horizontal force of a spreader device in the attic when we nail a new mid span rafter tie in place the older sagged rafters will want to go back to their old comfortably saggy position. All three offer a lennox g60v this is houston remember not so cold in winter so the g61v is not really worth it which is supposed to be about as quiet a blower as you can get. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.

Screw the flashing to the. This doesn t really address the op s question but the system pictured does look pretty flimsy. The hvac installs i generally see have the airhandlers suspended on all thread bolted to the rafters and connected to two pieces of unistrut as a saddle. Allowable spans for joists and rafters 1 7 lumber grade floor joists ceiling joists 5 rafter ceiling joist combination rafter ceiling joist combination rafters 6 douglas fir.

All connections of rafters ridge board and ties were nailed. This is a much more robust method. One proposes suspending the new furnace from the rafters.