Reinforcing Roof Timbers

Structural wooden beams in houses and other buildings can weaken with age or start to sag because they are supporting a much heavier load than they were meant to carry.

Reinforcing roof timbers. Treat vulnerable timbers with boron products boron rods boron paste boron gel and ultra 12 powder in water by spray or brush for indoor use to floor and roof timbers. Apply breathable protective coatings to external timbers ultraproof or deepseal coatings. A flat roof can be strengthened either by reducing the span of beams that supports it or by adding beams to reinforce the structure. Reinforcing the connections between the rafters and the walls will help prevent your roof from collapsing.

Drilling patterns for window cill preservation with boron. Strengthening a timber framed roof can become necessary for a number of reasons. Replacement roof tiles may be heavier than those the structure was designed to support timbers may have become rotten other planned structural alterations may necessitate strengthening or perhaps the structure was not strong enough in the first place. The article concludes with a section outlining approaches to the problem of roof spread.

Weak beams may be uncovered during a home remodeling or when converting a non residential structure into a home. Step 1 measure the thickness width and length of the rafters in your home and purchase one piece of framing lumber of the same size for every two rafters in your attic. Hire a structural engineer to determine new load factors required by local codes the reinforcing beam sizes and the locations necessary to support new uses and to prepare construction documents fully describing. After installing the reinforcing beams you will be in a position to replace the roofing material to complete the structure.

Sagging rafters can lead to serious problems with the entire roofing system. Replace the roofing paper before laying the tiles or sheets of the upper surface. Step 4 rectify roof. Angle the roofing nails to ensure they pass through the beams properly and hammer them until they are flush.