Hello!
We are in the process of expanding my parents' summer cottage, and I am honestly worried that the roof might collapse. The building permit is ready, so maybe that indicates that an architect has approved the solution?
Can someone answer whether the following is correct and proper:
Summer cottage made of wood about 100 years old. An extension is currently being built of about 20 square meters, and in connection with this, a new roof is being erected on top of the old one.
The roof trusses are fastened against the old roof at the ridge. My main concern is that the old roof will not support the weight and collapse.
I am uploading 2 pictures that show what it looks like. Should I breathe a sigh of relief or is my concern justified?
It's hard to say anything else based on your pictures than it looks quite neat. If I understand correctly, the house has both an extension with a lean-to roof that seems like an extension at the same angle as the old roof, and the old roof has received a new underlayer of raw board. In the first picture, you can see how some of the extension's roof beams rest on a new pillar-beam construction. To determine if the latter is sufficiently stable, information about length measurements and beam dimensions is needed. The best thing would be a sectional drawing of the new appearance.
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