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OK, so I figured out that the shorter, steeper roof is a 3/12 pitch, around 15° and then the longer, much less steep side is a 10/12 pitch, around 39°. The rafter span on the short side is 5 ft. The span on the long side that has 2x6 roof rafters is just under 22 feet from interior wall to...

So I am actually located in CT, we do indeed get snow, not much, if any, anymore, but we are typically "supposed" to get snow. The garage doors are 7' x 9' but look to be originally framed out for an 8' x 9' garage door. Almost done with my very amateur sketch of the roof structure so...

And how it looks now

I also found some pictures of the garage right when I bought the house before I insulated and drywalled so you can get a better idea of the structure. Also here’s the loft I built mid project. I also attached some photos of the outside so you can see how the breeze way roof intersects with the...

Thanks for this Bill, you've really given some great advice thus far and it is appreciated. Current roof rafters are 16" OC. The higher side (shorter roof rafter span) are 2x4's 16OC and the longer run rafters are 16" OC and are 2x6's. i think building a knee wall for the odd beam would be a...

Got it, thank you. So you mean the double 2x8 garage header won’t support said new lvl ridge beam? I’d need an lvl for the garage header and another lvl for the new ridge beam? I am definitely starting to think that just raising the rafter ties to the top of the bottom 1/3 may be a...

meaning the end with the garage doors would be tricky? The left garage door has a double 2x8 header, i also started to beef up the existing ridgeboard bracing. @billconner could you post a picture of an example simpson anchor?

Absolutely, i appreciate the advise, sincerely. UPDATE - figured out the rear section of the ridge board is also 2 separate pieces. i am drawing up a diagram to sketch out the roof in its entirety to give you guys a better understanding of what I am dealing with. QUESTION - if a ridge beam...

Yesterday I Got around to straightening out (trying my best) the center portion in between the two garage doors as well as rebracing the main beam with (2) 2x6’s at either end.

Appreciate that and to answer your question(s); Will the foundation support the roof - I believe so, the slab (when I have drilled into it for concrete anchors for the loft) was around 3-4 inches thick if not more. At what point am I ready to cut bait? - I’m not too sure what you mean by that...

A few diffeeent ones, 335i, m3, a couple of different smaller SUV’s like Range Rover / x5 which I know won’t go all the way up but I’ve got 16 ft from floor to the ridge of overhead space.

Neither am I, the rafter ties sit on top of the beam. From the floor to the ceiling It goes the beam l, spanning from the front of the building where the garage doors are to the back of the building, then the rafter ties intersect the beam and they go from the tall side to the short side, and...

UPDATE - Well I did some digging this weekend found the main beam is supported by (2) 2x6’s so I’d like to beef that up if I could. I also found when removing the sheet rock on the garage door side of the wall where the main beam sits over is pushing out a little on the left side when looking...

Nice man! Looks like a quality install and I own a solar company here in CT! We use a ton of QCell panels as they are made in the USA and the best bang for your buck but we also use enphase micro inverters on basically every install we do, so great choice going with them. In CT, as long as a...

I most certainly care. As mentioned I am 100% going to have a structural engineer look at the garage before doing anything. I just want to get an idea of what I want done with some knowledge supporting it. Being a gearhead since I was just a lad, I look at making a post on this forum and...

What other details? Happy to share any other information needed. im thinking of doing what i was explaining but instead of moving the rafter ties up on the taller side, I would still get (1) if not (2) 1.75 x 11 7/8 x 24' LVL and stick it under the current ridge board and add some collar ties...

So you are saying something more like this? I believe the shorter steep rafters are around 75” or 80” long if I recall correctly. Will measure them again tonight when I’m back from the office.

So something like this would not work? Here’s how the garage is laid out now and what I was thinking

What if I left everything the way that it is but cut the rafters ties halfway where it sits on the beam and then tied the cut end of the rafter tie with a vertical support to the roof rafters, essentially making it a triangle of sorts on the right (shorter) side.

So you mean install something similar on the “high side” and the “low side”? I use parenthesis bc it seems as if my high and low side of my Saltbox roof are the same height as the rafter ties are level and span from low side to high side. Or a big horizontal support on the front where the...