I’m bidding a fire job. This is a Girl Scout camp building.
Several exposed rafter tails got burned. Some of the rafters are burned several feet up and I was planning to just replace them. But several are fine on the inside of the wall, with just the tails burned.
I don’t see how I can make it look the same as it did without cutting the rafter a ways inside the wall, butting a new tail to it and securing it with a sister on each side (with the sisters ending before the wall and so not being exposed).
Does this make sense? How long should the sisters be??
The roof is a 6 in 12. The 2 x 8 rafters are 16′ long.
Thanks.
Rich Beckman
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Replace several+several more!
Can you cut them at the outside edge of the wall pate and scab on a new tail?
I'm not sure if they are exposed or not, might make a difference how you go about it.
And I'm guessing your volunteering right?
Eric
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"Replace several+several more!"??"Can you cut them at the outside edge of the wall pate and scab on a new tail?"That might work for most of them...is there a trick on how to attach them??"I'm not sure if they are exposed or not, might make a difference how you go about it."They are exposed outside the edge of the wall, but not inside."And I'm guessing your volunteering right?"That is not the current plan. Right now I'm bidding the repair of one building and the rebuilding of another (which completely burned to ashes).I'm trying to get a vague idea of what I'm doing so I can bid appropriately.Rich BeckmanAnother day, another tool.
The building that burned to ashes, that wasn't the bakery was it? Should we stock up on GG cookies?
For repairs like you mention, we always bob the tails just behnid the blocking, and figured the sistered rafters should be at least three times the length of the overhang, then add new blocking.
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Huck,Thanks! Good graphic!Rich BeckmanAnother day, another tool.