Again use a professional for this job because it is very dangerous and more skill is needed than most DIYer's jobs around the home.įind your local roofing contractor in the RoofersCoffeeShop® Contractor Directory. Next, cutting a short sistered rafter is simple no angle cuts are required. IF you have 2×6 rafters, use a 2×6 sister. Measure Area to be Sistered First, use the same sized lumber as your rafters. Large sags often require sistering the entire rafter.
#BARGE RAFTER CRACK#
It is easy to do a little touching up than paint the whole board later. A small crack or area of rot will result in a sistered rafter of not much longer than 6’. Fastening the overhang to the new barge rafter will be hard and loosening the shingle will have to be done to lift them out-of-the-way to nail the overhang.Īs seen in the upper photo pre-painting the wood prior to installation is a time saver and I highly recommend it. Nail the new Barge Rafter to the out-riggers. I would use a Sawzall to cut the nail between the top of the Barge Rafter and the roof deck. The roof sheathing should have nails into the Barge Rafter every 6 inches. If the rake or edge of the roof has a metal drip edge, you will need to remove it without damaging the shingles. As explained earlier in this chapter, barge rafters extend beyond the end of a building, creating an overhang at the gable ends. This is definitely the most difficult and dangerous part of the entire house project. These rafters gets face nailed to the look outs. The Barge Rafter is nailed with two nails into each of the out-riggers. In this pic, we are installing the barge rafters. To remove a Barge Rafter with the roof still on is a bit tricky. This photo was a total roof removal and access is easy to replace the barge rafter. Do not attempt to do this job, it should be left for a licensed contractor to do. I advise personal safety equipment to be used. They will collapse without the support of the Barge Rafter and a nasty fall could occur. Use the out-riggers to support yourself, DO NOT stand on the overhang board. There are normally 2×4 out-riggers about every four feet to nail the new Barge Rafter or what you called the fascia.
#BARGE RAFTER INSTALL#
"When you have a peak about 30′ up on the side of a house with a wall all the way up, how do pros install the fascia? Do they use scaffolding or just big ladders? Thank You, Sam."Īlthough this picture is not thirty feet up, it does show the man on the left positioned the roof reaching over to nail the Barge Rafter to the out-rigger. The same methodology would apply for an arbitrary polygon shaped foundation.Do's and don'ts of replacing a barge rafter.
If I webdialog this input menu I can show the layout of the foundation in plan view and allow for an unlimited number of interior footings as well as have footings running in both the X and Y direction.
The problem with the basic UI is that it only allows for one interior footing. Start: Measured from first selection point that defines foundation outline.Įnd: Measured from first selection point that defines foundation outline, must be greater than Start length.Īn example of a partial width interior footing: It is important that the top edge be properly flashed with either roofing materials or a metal flashing to prevent decay/rot in the. Often these rafters extend past the eaves to create a place to hide the end of the gutter or as a decorative element. To correctly specify an interior footing you also need a start and end point, so five inputs total to define this feature: The fascia board on the Gable end of a home is called a 'barge rafter'.
#BARGE RAFTER FULL#
My wife kindly pointed out that the interior footing might not extend the full width or length of the building, very good point.
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