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.

Suspending roof rafters.

All connections of rafters ridge board and ties were nailed. 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. 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. 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.

Both camps claim that their installation method will reduce noise into the house. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters. System sits on rubber cork vibration isolators.

This is a much more robust method. This doesn t really address the op s question but the system pictured does look pretty flimsy. 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. Screw the flashing to the.

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. 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. One proposes suspending the new furnace from the rafters.