Support A Garage Roof

This series of training videos are recommended for audatex estimating users.

Support a garage roof.

Fitting the top ridge. The wooden joists or beams over your garage help hold your roof in place. If you need a storage area above your garage strong ceiling joists are necessary to support the added weight. Add the thickness of the wall.

Place the rafters every 24 on center if you want to get a professional result. I need to remove the door frame. A waterproofing seal installed along the roof s valley line with taktekkernbergen no. The garage is 3 metres wide.

The purlins not only give you something other than the existing roof to accept the roof panel fasteners they also create an airspace between the roof panels and the existing roof. The next step of the woodworking project is to install the top ridge. Each side of the iron should be four inches wide with the entire piece being at least two feet long. What size strength joist will i need to support the roof.

Mid 1960s garage roof made from what looks like compressed straw. As each truss is put up on top of opposite walls it must be put up straight and supported while the next truss is put up. I need a new door and door frame supports a 2 x2 structure which holds up the roof. Drill holes in angle iron to keep the rafter from buckling again you will need to secure it with a piece of 1 2 inch angle iron.

One of a series of diagonal members of the truss that meet at the apex in order to support the roof deck and its loads. A waterproofing layer that protects the roof valleys from leaking. If you are placing metal panels over an existing roof you still use purlins. The purlins support the panels.

If you have an attic over your garage these joists also bear the load of your attic flooring and any materials you store in the attic. Usually trusses are put 24 inches apart. Stand stepladders at opposing walls inside the garage. To hold them up until the decking of the roof is placed on top a 12 foot 1 inch by 4 inch piece of lumber is used.