Planning a Next Story Addition

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Planning is the essential when getting on a task that includes removing your roof.

Before you program your 2nd story, research what hurdles will need to be dealt with. Illustrations of things that need to be addressed are:

-Measurement of ceiling Second floor addition joists, can they support a 2nd tale ground?

-Are mechanicals operate over the prime of current ceiling joists? (plumbing, Electric powered, HVAC)

-How considerably overhang is on existing roof and are there any utilities fastened to it.

-Is the present roof adhere constructed(constructed on site) or a truss roof(manufactured).

-Is the roof sheathing 1x boards or plywood?

-How numerous levels of shingles are there?

-Are there any Stacks or flues protruding by means of the roof such as a fire chimney, furnace flue, or vent pipe.

These things want to be regarded as so the addition can be created as speedily as achievable.

When commencing the tearoff, the very first factor that wants to be addressedis the soffit. Taking away this first will cost-free up the rafter ends when it will come time to get rid of them. Sometimes utilities like the phone and electrical lines are connected to the soffit. These ought to be moved by their respective utility business.

Now you can tearoff the roof. The least difficult way to remove the shingles and sheathing is with a circular observed. It's very best to use an old blade with a lesser sum off tooth due to the fact it will be trash when you are accomplished.

When chopping the roof absent, start at the ridgeboard and operate the noticed between the rafters all the way to the rafter tails. Repeat this reduce each 32" from a single stop of the roof to the other. These parts, assuming they are plywood, can be eliminated in 32"x forty eight" squares. There will even now be some excess weight to these pieces but this will make them much more managable. Functioning from the ridge, these squares are loosened with a sledgehammer. After there is ample room, you can use a prybar to cost-free them from the rafters. My preferred strategy is to use a 6 to eight foot 2x4. Slip it below the loosened piece and use an adjacent
rafter as a fulcrum. Press down on the 2x4 and up arrives the plywood and shingles. This identical treatment works with trusses also.

If the roof sheathing is planks, the cuts must be manufactured 48" to sixty four"aside. If there are two or mre layers of shingles, you should be able to roll these sections down the rafters.

After the roof sheathing is eliminated, the rest of the elements canbe taken off. If the soffit and fascia have not been eliminated yet, thisis yet another possibility to do so. Once that is gone the rafters can be taken out. The rafters can be detached from the ridgeboard by using a sledgehammer or a sawzall. After they are unfastened from the ridge, they can be twisted off the prime plate.

Trusses can be a little trickier. Following the sheathing is removed,most of the truss work will have to be minimize out. The only part still left would be the base wire that holds up the drywall ceiling. Since most of these cords are 2x4's, more substantial 2x lumber will have to be sistered together with for included support. As long as there are bearing partitions below, this 2x lumber could be 2x10's, 2x12's or engineered lumber such as I-joists. Every single scenario is distinct and what is used is spect by an engineer or architect.

In most situations, the electric powered (conduit), plumbing and/or HVAC operate above the prime of the ceiling joists. Usually, the simplest way to deal with this, is to develop a knee wall higher sufficient for the new flooring joists to clear these obstructions. This tends to make the second ground deck increased so it will make your stair run for a longer time. Producing confident you have room for the stairs in this occasion is yet another consideration.

As soon as the deck is down, the partitions, ceiling joists, and roof of your new addition can follow.

Whatever situation may you have, great organizing will make this taskeasier and a lot quicker. Time is of the essence when it will come to eliminating a roof. You want to defend the current construction and all of your worthwhile possesions that are remaining inside of.