Roof replacement advice needed

/ Roof replacement advice needed #21  
If you don't add trusses won't you get sagging?

If the new rafters are sized for the span, they will support the roof. However, in this situation you can get by with undersized rafters by adding a short "knee wall" halfway up the roof. That cuts the span in half. However, I thought the original description said there were design problems with changing the roof slope?
 
/ Roof replacement advice needed
  • Thread Starter
#22  
Sagging won't be an issue, the existing trusses are good and strong. My original thought way back was to "sister" some 2x 10's alongside the existing trusses in such a way that they were aligned at the bottom but the new boards were gradually higher as they approached the ridge. But, that would require all sorts of other changes to the gable ends and other stuff so it's too much of a pain.
 

Marketplace Items

2006 iDrive TDS-2010H ProJack M2 Electric Trailer Dolly (A55853)
2006 iDrive...
2015 TEXAS PRIDE TRAILER  30 FLATBED GOOSENECK TRAILER (A58214)
2015 TEXAS PRIDE...
New Holland TC21 (A62177)
New Holland TC21...
TANK MANIFOLD (A58214)
TANK MANIFOLD (A58214)
2009 Haybuster GP-50 Grain Processer (A55315)
2009 Haybuster...
2022 DODGE RAM 2500 SERVICE TRUCK (A60736)
2022 DODGE RAM...
 
Top