I am going to redo my roof and thought I would take the opportunity to remove the cold attic and raise the ceiling up to the ridge. How do I handle the rafters then, as I want to keep them as much as possible... I'm attaching a picture, A shows what it looks like today in the cold attic; at the bottom of the roof beam there is a small mark indicating where there is a wall.
B shows how I could imagine having it with visible beams, but where/how do I deal with the vertical posts??
Note that it is quickly sketched and the roof angle should be the same (37 degrees, I think)
B shows how I could imagine having it with visible beams, but where/how do I deal with the vertical posts??
Note that it is quickly sketched and the roof angle should be the same (37 degrees, I think)
Well, one might think so.. But just because something is ugly in a house doesn't mean you can remove it just like that. It is possible to solve it so you get rid of them, but it involves a very large reconstruction of the roof's supporting structure.
hrm... well, it will have to work with them visible then... just a bit of a shame since the other half of the house, which is already open to the ridge, doesn't have the red or green parts visible!
But that's how it will be! Some big renovation doesn't sound fun either for my vacation or my wallet!
But that's how it will be! Some big renovation doesn't sound fun either for my vacation or my wallet!
But can't you build it the same way as over there? You just need to clad it like they did there. You don't have to have the green-colored parts (högbenen) visible either if you don't want to..
Edit: I had forgotten what was green here.. I thought the högbenen were green. Forget what I said..
Edit: I had forgotten what was green here.. I thought the högbenen were green. Forget what I said..
Well, I don't know how they've built there...
and if it means it will be a big, cumbersome, and costly job, I'd rather have the beams visible... the green-marked ones are no problem, it will probably look nice,
the red-marked ones I don't know... it might not be as ugly as I think...
and if it means it will be a big, cumbersome, and costly job, I'd rather have the beams visible... the green-marked ones are no problem, it will probably look nice,
the red-marked ones I don't know... it might not be as ugly as I think...
Hello!
We are working on a similar project and will be keeping both the red and green ones. If both are missing on one half of my house, I would become a bit suspicious and contact a structural engineer. As I understand it, the green ones, among other things, take tensile load. How can they do that if they are not secured at both ends? Or do you rely on some interior wall to hold against it?
For us, the red posts will almost completely disappear into the insulation when we insulate the roof.
/pinebar
We are working on a similar project and will be keeping both the red and green ones. If both are missing on one half of my house, I would become a bit suspicious and contact a structural engineer. As I understand it, the green ones, among other things, take tensile load. How can they do that if they are not secured at both ends? Or do you rely on some interior wall to hold against it?
For us, the red posts will almost completely disappear into the insulation when we insulate the roof.
/pinebar
Damn, that's moldy.. That's almost certainly due to condensation from the lower floor, not a leak from the roof. But do you mean you are going to tear up the entire outer roof to get rid of the moldy timber?swecul said:
Pinebar, how do you mean that the rafters (the green ones) are not attached at both ends? They should be, even if the braces (the red ones) were removed. The rafters take both tension and compression loads simultaneously, in the same way as a beam. Tension loads on the underside and compression loads on the top side. The braces mainly take compression loads.
Edit: No no no, I thought the rafters were marked in green, but it was the tension beam at the bottom that was marked in green.. You should keep that unless you replace it with a collar tie higher up. Which is difficult to do with such a shallow roof pitch.. Sorry for the confusion..
No ventilation in the attic it seems, arrange some form of eaves ventilation and gable vents, as someone else pointed out it doesn't look like a leaking roof in the picture but rather humid air from the house that has created mold problems.