Recent content by Catmeds

Thank you for all your comments and assistance. Every bit helped me with the next step. The inspector at the Permit office gave me a lead on the trusses and I've gotten that part taken care. I'm so relieved right now. I'll have them in four weeks and I scheduled a week off from both my jobs to...

Thank you for your replies. I'm in the process of getting a permit and they want to know what my plans are for building the roof. The easiest are trusses. The issue I'm having is getting anyone to email or call me back regarding the pricing. We don't have a Menards where I live but I priced...

What type of wood would offer a continuous span? We are renovating our garage and have removed a bad roof, dormer and second level. Next we will remove the joist that supported the second level floor and start building a roof. I was hoping to have a open floor plan. Thank you.

Thank you. Rather than make things more difficult for myself I'm waiting on a quote for trusses. This seems like my best option. Thanks for all the responses.

Yes. The pitch I would like to switch it to is 4/12 but I honestly can't tell you what it is now. The front section of the roof is steeper with a dormer and the back section of the garage roof is almost flat. A oak branch has punctured a hole in the back portion and knocked down a rafter plus...

Right now that's the way they're facing. And I should have said rafters instead of trusses, my apologies. So some of the wood is salvageable.

There is a lot of damage to the roof and having a second story makes it hard to do repairs. Right now there is a floor-to-ceiling beam with a cross beam that holds up the joist to the second floor which is rotted and needs to come out as well, making the second floor very unsafe to walk on. I...

Total novice here. I need to repair a 20x24 detached garage on our property that's had several incidents of storm damage over the years. Time and money have been an issue. Regardless, I'm working on plans to get this started in September. We plan on tearing off the roof and second floor. The...