International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
|
|||||||
| Structural Inspections Contains discussions about the structural portion of a home inspection. This includes foundations, framing, etc. |
![]() |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
|
What you say about this piece of WORK? On the exterior there is a DIP in the roof right above this area.
Thanks! Mid America Property Inspections, Inc. Shawnee, KS 66217 www.mapii.com NACHI # 05110992 KHIRB # 0110-0008 KS-Radon Cert.# KS-MS-0035 KS-Termite Cert. # 18933 M0-Termite Cert. # N 5033 |
| Find an InterNACHI certified New Mexico Home Inspector (and anywhere else in North America) |
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
|
Is that a spliced rafter I see in the top right first picture?? Looks like they lapped it a few inches.
|
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I don't right such things up.......its a cosmetic issue. The collar tie on the other had is a different animal. The one rafter in question almost looks like its finger joint, which is acceptable depending on the bracing and spans. Jeff |
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
|
Please Note:
Richard A. Hetzel is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
I'd hardly call that mess a collar tie. It looks like a hastily-installed brace in a misguided attempt to push out or at least stop the sag in the roof. I don't see a collar tie in the whole roof.
|
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
|
Please Note:
dbelmont is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Let's play CSI.
I'd go with a failed attempt to correct the mis-crowned rafter using these cross pieces which were originally installed in compression. But the force from the roof was able to over come the few nails (at about 75 lbs per nail) and give you what you now see. Easier way to fix the miscrown cosmetically and not have members under off stresses would be to shim the roof sheathing with a new sistered rafter (properly crowned of course). Done this a few times in remodel situations to end up with a better looking and stronger roof deck. |
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
|
Collar ties are to prevent uplift, so a sag in the roof is probably not related to this condition.
Pretty poor attempt at a collar tie, but it won't be an issue until the roof fails by catastrophic failure due to uplift. One ugly collar tie is unlikely to make or break a roof. It's a minor framing quality issue. Mention it but don't make a big deal out of it. Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383 Certified Master Inspector (CMI) InterNACHI Director of International Development Director of Green Building EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE Conventional and Log homes (303) 717-8940
|
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
|
As for the FUBAR attached to the rafters...it's useless.
I'd simply recommend a licensed Carpenter to reinforce the sagging rafters. Out here snow loads crack/stress these type of rafters. |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Heads up - DeWalt Recalls Framing Nailers | tjansson | General Inspection Discussion | 0 | 6/26/09 11:13 AM |
| A steel House | rcooke | Canadian Inspectors | 4 | 3/20/08 12:42 PM |
| Unfamiliar newer floor structure -- span too long for engineered joists? | fbartlo | Structural Inspections | 8 | 2/10/08 12:11 PM |
| Max load allowed on 2x2 ledger | bking | Structural Inspections | 4 | 12/23/07 3:05 PM |
| Framing Inspection once the walls are up (posted by Lisa Leach) | AskNACHI.org | AskNACHI.org Inspection Questions Forum | 3 | 7/18/07 3:13 AM |