How To Remove Wooden Roof Rafters From A Garage Roof

Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof.

How to remove wooden roof rafters from a garage roof.

Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece. Have a friend to hold the support so it doesn t fall. Use your tape measure to record the distance of both rafter legs. To do this knock at the top of the posts with the hammer.

Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar. 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. Roof trusses are a common means of support and load bearing. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar.

Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to make the cleanup easier. Step 1 measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam.

Use a circular saw to cut two sets of new rafters from the same size wood by the same dimensions. 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. The rotten wood will come away easily. Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer.