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Please excuse my poor understanding but there are a total of (7) 2x6 rafters on each side connecting to a 2x8 or 2x10 ridge board. And (2) 2x4's attaching the north and south wall. How would I go about stiffening the top plate and tie them at the side wall help reduce the chance chances of the...

In my town anything over a 100sf needs to be treated as a new building hence why the existing shed is only 8x12 under that 100sf threshold. Regarding my existing garage do you think it would be feasible just to replace the (2) 2x4's serving as rafter ties with (7) 2x6 or 2x8's set at 10 foot...

Sorry guys, I didn't get any notification that somebody responded to this thread. Figured it was overlooked or ignored due to lack of information.

#1 was the original idea I had in mind, however I am unsure of how high I can raise the ties upward without any issues. I was planning on replacing the 2X4's with either 2x6's or 2x10's. Being located in NJ we occasionally get snow so i wanted to see what everyone thought was the safest plan of...

Already have a shed back there but it is only 12X8.

Unfortunately in my town our building codes department would make this a nightmare to complete.

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I'm hoping someone here can help point me in the right direction to see if this is even possible. I have an attached 1960's unfinished single-car garage that measures 10' x 20' that I would like to convert into a golf simulator bay. Currently, there are three 2x6x10' ceiling joists running...