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20x21 garage - how many rafter ties?

dtbingle

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My garage is a 20x21 and looking into the feasibility of moving a rafter tie over for additional height in one bay.

There are 3 rafter ties spanning the 20 ft width with a few collar ties scattered across. I want to move rafter #1 labeled in the picture towards the wall on the left by 16in to the next rafter. Will this cause any problems? I'm thinking to move it over one, then add a collar tie in it's original place.
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Each rafter tie runs 14 ft with my non conventional garage roof
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Ironcrow

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Lumber that was originally installed randomly may be moved randomly...:bounce: I don't see any problem with your plan.
 
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dtbingle

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Lumber that was originally installed randomly may be moved randomly...:bounce: I don't see any problem with your plan.

lol fair enough, thanks. Worst case is garage ceiling caves in and then that's an excuse to rebuild bigger, right?
 
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