Raising Garage Roof Height Cutting Studs And Sheathing

With the dormer roof raised and supported we cut away the part of the original roof that was still in place leaving the exposed ends of the floor joists.

Raising garage roof height cutting studs and sheathing. Temporary spacers are set under the sheet to raise it off the floor a bit. You can do this to every other stud without much fear of problems. Match the overhangs to the overhangs on the garage. Finally fill in the outside of the wall with tapered pieces of sheathing and siding.

If you need to lift the walls again the gap will stay covered. Lifting jig extending studs. Then you can attach cripples that extend down to the bottom plate to these short upper studs. Studs for the house walls come pre cut from the lumber supplier.

The reason for this is that we will be placing 1 2 thick plywood or oriented strand board osb structural sheathing all the way around the perimeter. When sheathing garage walls especially on a concrete floor use a temporary spacer such as strips of plywood to raise them off the floor about 3 8 1 2 while fastening them to the wall or measuring for cutouts. I would cut the studs about 12 from the top plate. When you re done with the roof frame cut 1 2 in.

So companies like norbord started creating tallwall windstorm panels to help alleviate this. The crew member cutting the studs then simply butts the stop to the end of the stock draws a line and cuts the board to length. How doesn t matter a chain saw would work. As one person pushes the stud into line another can drive the nail home thereby holding the crooked stud in its proper position.

To correct a slight dip in the floor we established a benchmark height with a laser level and nailed 2x6 squash blocks to the sides of the existing floor joists. So we will cut the 9 2 x 4s to a length of 8 0 3 4 for both the sole and top. But for areas such as the garage studs have to be custom cut. The death of the 8 sheet one of the biggest items when sheathing a wall vertically is that the sheathing has to be continuous 602 10 4 5 which meant that an 8 sheet wouldn t cut it in many places so longer ones were required.

If you believe raising the roof is your best option here is how i would do it. Stud spaces with a 8 long 2 x 4 we will fall short of meeting the center of the seventh stud by 3 4. Before applying the finish siding install metal flashing over the sheathing and let the flashing run 3 in. To cut sheathing around openings press the sheet into position over the opening while another person marks the opening onto the back of the sheet from the inside of the garage.

Below the top of the foundation wall.