Truss been cut away (replacement?)

Section62

Ihavegingeritis said:

Bendy_House said:

If you look at your pic, IHG, you'll see that one roof rafter has lost its support by the removal of that truss. I'm pretty sure all that's need is a similarly-sized timber to span horizontally between the two adjacent rafters, pressed up firmly against the currently-unsupported one.

Thanks, Bendy House. That’s good advice.

Actually, it isn't.

Good advice would be to get someone who knows about roof structures to do an assessment of the loading on the roof and whether the two adjacent trusses have sufficient capacity to take the load from the missing one. Or whether the load needs to be spread over more trusses (e.g. a pair on each side), and/or if the adjacent trusses need strengthening (the doubling-up I mentioned in my previous post).

Otherwise you'd risk replacing one bodge with another.

Ihavegingeritis

Section62 said:

Ihavegingeritis said:

Bendy_House said:

If you look at your pic, IHG, you'll see that one roof rafter has lost its support by the removal of that truss. I'm pretty sure all that's need is a similarly-sized timber to span horizontally between the two adjacent rafters, pressed up firmly against the currently-unsupported one.

Thanks, Bendy House. That’s good advice.

Actually, it isn't.

Good advice would be to get someone who knows about roof structures to do an assessment of the loading on the roof and whether the two adjacent trusses have sufficient capacity to take the load from the missing one. Or whether the load needs to be spread over more trusses (e.g. a pair on each side), and/or if the adjacent trusses need strengthening (the doubling-up I mentioned in my previous post).

Otherwise you'd risk replacing one bodge with another.

I will be getting a professional in. Just looking for an idea of what they would do and the costs.

don’t worry, I won’t be attempting anything myself! 

outtatune

Now that the question has been answered, can I add that I surely can't be the only one who looked at the title and thought 'No surprise there. But what about the pork markets in Beijing?'