Reinforcing A Sagging Gable Roof

Create a continuous load path.

Reinforcing a sagging gable roof. If you are building a new house with a gable roof consider using continuous wall construction or balloon framing. Sagging rafters may be the result of having framed the roof with lumber of dimensions smaller than current building standards such. This is where a high pitched roof is necessary. Third install a shutter over any vents on the gable end wall.

Sagging rafters can lead to serious problems with the entire roofing system. Use your string line to determine how much the roof need to go up. These are usually accomplished during a complete re roofing. Sagging sheathing between rafters may be due to rot delamination use of fiberboard or other materials that may not perform well over the life of a home or due use of too thin plywood roof decking to start with.

Reinforce your roof a properly constructed roof in areas subject to high winds has trusses attached to walls with hurricane tiedowns properly nailed sheathing and heavy duty shingles. Once again a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber is placed between the trusses and parallel to the ceiling joists. If you notice that there is a visible dip in your roof chances are you have a problem with one or several rafters and you may soon be facing more issues like water leaks bowed out walls or your roof caving in on you. A great deal depends on the pitch of the roof.

A higher pitched roof would be better for extra living space than a lower pitched roof. The other is just used to support the trusses. Sagging ceiling could be an indication of framing issues some of which could be related to the roof. You will need to remove the shingles and the old decking however which means there will be an exposed hole in the roof.

If the sagging roof is due to rotting or warping roof decking the repair will be much easier. This creates a solid unit of wall framing from the ground through to the roof on the gabled end of the house.