A roof beam has come loose, causing the roof to sag more than usual. A bit scary. The question is if I dare to take the tractor and just press it right up and then hammer it into place and nail it so it never comes loose again, hehe. Or if the risk is that amateur me just causes the whole thing to collapse like a house of cards.
I noticed that the vertical corner beam (yes, I call everything beams) must have shifted because there is a gap between it and the wall's horizontal "beams"... It's whether I first lift up so the corner one becomes completely free, hammer it back against the wall, then lift the roof and set it in place...
or leave everything as it is and bring in the professionals
What do you think, maybe hard to see from the pictures..
I noticed that the vertical corner beam (yes, I call everything beams) must have shifted because there is a gap between it and the wall's horizontal "beams"... It's whether I first lift up so the corner one becomes completely free, hammer it back against the wall, then lift the roof and set it in place...
or leave everything as it is and bring in the professionals
What do you think, maybe hard to see from the pictures..
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What are you planning to lift with and attach to when you lift?
I'm posting a slightly larger image with illustrative arrows instead; it probably says a bit more than my lousy descriptions, hehe.
I'm a bit unsure if step 2 (and 1) can even be performed, maybe not necessary to be so serious either, but step 3 is a must, the roof rests on it, though, but the tractor should be able to lift it up...
(discovered that the forum reduced the images so had to get external help)
I'm a bit unsure if step 2 (and 1) can even be performed, maybe not necessary to be so serious either, but step 3 is a must, the roof rests on it, though, but the tractor should be able to lift it up...
(discovered that the forum reduced the images so had to get external help)
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Well.. how bad can it get?
I would have tried.
I would have tried.
Well, I had thought about using a new tractor that works very smoothly (compared to mine) but it's true, a small, silly jack might handle it fine too.
had a carpenter over a week ago, one of them thought the cement block had started to slope and the vertical beam had sort of slipped to the side or something.
The other day it struck me, instead of lifting and trying to knock back the existing vertical beam and then lifting up the roof beam on it;
why not just put a new, extra, vertical beam next to it, and lift the roof beam onto that instead... add some nail strips and angle irons, etc., and it should become more stable than the original design...
i.e., place a new beam under arrow 1 on the image... then you can nail beam 2 onto the new one, etc., etc...
or what do you think (I have such rough ones lying around, just need to measure a bit, chainsaw the right length, and lift it into place with one hand
The other day it struck me, instead of lifting and trying to knock back the existing vertical beam and then lifting up the roof beam on it;
why not just put a new, extra, vertical beam next to it, and lift the roof beam onto that instead... add some nail strips and angle irons, etc., and it should become more stable than the original design...
i.e., place a new beam under arrow 1 on the image... then you can nail beam 2 onto the new one, etc., etc...
or what do you think (I have such rough ones lying around, just need to measure a bit, chainsaw the right length, and lift it into place with one hand