How To Remove Wooden Roof Rafters From A Garage Roof

Use your tape measure to record the distance of both rafter legs.

How to remove wooden roof rafters from a garage roof.

However if you want to better utilize the space in your loft you may consider changing roof trusses and going for stick framing or rafters instead. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer. To do this knock at the top of the posts with the hammer.

When taking the roofing materials off be sure to extend the path of demolishing to each existing truss on each side of the damaged one. Step 1 measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. Use a circular saw to cut two sets of new rafters from the same size wood by the same dimensions. Have a friend to hold the support so it doesn t fall.

The first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. Once you re satisfied that the sister rafter is firm in place and giving good support to the roof it s time to remove the supports. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. The rotten wood will come away easily.

Start with the longer support and hammer toward the center of the garage. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.