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Build with Rafter and Ridgeboard
This entry was posted in Home & Hearth, Home&How To, How To... and tagged building, carpentry, Chalet-style shed, construction, DIY skills, Home & how to, house-building, how to, rafter&ridgeboard building method, trusses. Bookmark the permalink.
I can tell you like this subject Ray because you say the rafters have elegance 🙂 It is not a subject here that I have experience in but I still appreciate your wonderful writing style!
Yes, rafters installed correctly and carefully are beautiful geometry which is elegant in it’s own way, much like any visual art form, perfection trumps function at times “:) I do love building “:) Thank you for commenting, Christyb ~R
Collar ties are not a substitute for Rafter ties. What will keep pressure from blowing your walls outward?
hi Dave, welcome to IncomingBytes! Collar ties or gussets placed high are definitely NOT a substitute for rafter ties fastened at the top plate–especially for longer walls, larger spans, larger buildings. We could not agree more.
Even on smaller buildings –like the shed illustrated, collar ties on wider spans MUST be placed low enough to create a ‘truss effect’, particularly with smaller dimensioned-lumber construction (ie 2×4 rafters) –or if they are proposed as a substitute for rafter ties on larger buildings. The placement is critical especially if the rafters happen to be smaller dimension or the roof construction has been built with 2′ wide OC spacing in high-snow-load geographic areas.
The placing of the tensile (collar tie OR rafter) member is absolutely critical -and certainly, lower (as close to the top plate as possible) is definitely recommended if a higher ceiling is not specified.
Modified truss (web-like) ‘collar ties’ have also been used effectively in place of rafter ties to allow more headroom (ie a vaulted ceiling) if no ceiling rafters are desired for aesthetic reasons or function.
Thanks for that valuable comment. The prime causes of walls bowing out with age or snow load are forgotten, broken, incorrectly-located, missing or inadequate collar ties, particularly if combined with under-dimension, inadequate roof structural members or poor-quality materials.
Thanks again for commenting! ~R