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.

How to remove wooden roof rafters from a garage roof.

The rotten wood will come away easily. Step 1 measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. 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.

Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Start with the longer support and hammer toward the center of the garage. 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. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam.

Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to make the cleanup easier. Use a circular saw to cut two sets of new rafters from the same size wood by the same dimensions. Use your tape measure to record the distance of both rafter legs. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.

To do this knock at the top of the posts with the hammer. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. Roof trusses are a common means of support and load bearing. Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar.