Once again I am side tracked from working the bedrooms. The reason this time.... oh, just a collapsing garage roof!! With the 55 Chevy off the the body shop, I did a close inspection of the roof which had been leaking pretty good for the last year or so. On each ridge (there's 3 because it's a gambrel style roof) I ran strings from end to end so I could measure how much the roof had sagged from level. What I found was alarming. About an 1 1/2 inch sag in the top and right roof lines... but over 5 1/2 inches sag in the left ridge! I tried to jack that side back up but the wood was too rotted and was breaking apart. The problem is the rafters are tied together with ridge beams that are only bead board. One more heavy snow and this roof could easily come down... and no way would I even think about parking my 55 under it!
So off comes the 2 layers of roof...
And let's not forget the sheathing...
This is as far as I can safely get the structure apart. Next step is to start building the loft so I can have easy access to the roof and multiple places to add temporary supports as I dismantle the rest of the roof. Stay tuned...
1 comment:
I don't envy you! We had a similar structure collapse on us last winter. It was beyond saving (never mind the fact that it wasn't built all that well in the first place). You can check out a post about it here: http://firsthomedreams.blogspot.com/2011/08/backyard-progress.html
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