So I’m currently working on an absolute nightmare of a hack job of a bungalow.
I’m getting ready,to raise ceiling height in a 24x24 house. Pitch on the roof is roughly 16 degrees . Actually both sides of gable are different. Anyhow Im thinking of putting a lvl beam up to the current ridge. Sistering 2x8 rafters to the 2x6 rafters that are there. notching the rafters to sit on top of the structural beam/lvl at top of the ridge. Then seatcutting them to sit inside the wall and on plate beside 2x6 rafters.
Problem I’m having is the hacks before that built the place didn’t put a birds mouth on the existing rafters. I’m sorta at a stand still trying to figure out what to do about that. Mind you I just put a new roof on the place.So taking roof off isn’t A option. Needless to say I didn’t know about the rafters or that after the fact the guy wanted his ceiling height changed . Basically going to vault the ceiling. I just don’t want the load transfer to kick out the walls.
Anyone have any recommendations? I would have never used a 2x6 for rafters to begin with. Anyhow it’s not about what shoulda been it’s what it is.
Ugh...
I’m getting ready,to raise ceiling height in a 24x24 house. Pitch on the roof is roughly 16 degrees . Actually both sides of gable are different. Anyhow Im thinking of putting a lvl beam up to the current ridge. Sistering 2x8 rafters to the 2x6 rafters that are there. notching the rafters to sit on top of the structural beam/lvl at top of the ridge. Then seatcutting them to sit inside the wall and on plate beside 2x6 rafters.
Problem I’m having is the hacks before that built the place didn’t put a birds mouth on the existing rafters. I’m sorta at a stand still trying to figure out what to do about that. Mind you I just put a new roof on the place.So taking roof off isn’t A option. Needless to say I didn’t know about the rafters or that after the fact the guy wanted his ceiling height changed . Basically going to vault the ceiling. I just don’t want the load transfer to kick out the walls.
Anyone have any recommendations? I would have never used a 2x6 for rafters to begin with. Anyhow it’s not about what shoulda been it’s what it is.
Ugh...