I just noticed that my garage uses 2x4's for trusses (why I did not pick this up before I will never know). The GM instructions show 2x6's. Can I still put this thing up? The city is giving me a hard
Jason You will need drawings(2 copies)signed and sealed by an engineer.If the manufacturer can not provide these,then you would hanve to hire an engineer to provide them.If the drawings you have now
Jason, First mistake: Going to the city to get a permit for a roof tower. If you were going to put up a small roof tripod for a TV antenna would you get a permit? Likely not. I've said this many, man
Well, thank you for sharing that with us. In the future, please don't. This is not a rant-and-rave reflector nor one dealing in political opinions. There are many outlets for your perspective - Tower
Jason.... with all due respect to Jon...I do a lot of stuff myself, and I certainly share his conservatism about "Big Brother"...asking forgiveness is frequently better and easier than asking permiss
Jason, I have had experience mounting a 15' roof tower. I used 2 sheets of 4' x 8' plywood, and just let them float on both sides of the roof apex. Put then put the the Create Roof tower on the plywo
Not a bad way to do it, but what about water and moisture collecting under the plywood? I think you are in CA so you don't likely get as much rain as we do here and I certainly don't think you have t
Trusses using 2x4's are quite strong when properly designed and used. You may be able to get a local truss designer/fabricator to diagram a reinforcement that will safely carry the load as well as sa
2" x 4"s used in a truss system are considered a "light-weight" truss system. They are usually designed to carry the minimum ice/snow load calculated for the area where installed.(cheap to build and
Long time ago my father built a garage with 2x4s rafters 24in on centre. Later the code changed, about 25 yrs. He then put in extra rafters between to make them 12in on centre. I assume that yours ar
Hi Chris, I talked with a guy that has done construction for years and he recommends reinforcing the 2x4's by bolting 2x6's to the 2x4's (running the complete length of the rafter) a piece of plywood
Jason, This sounds like a good plan. I agree completely with the idea of running long bolts into the 2x8's across the joists. Frankly, install 2x8's as long as you can possibly get into your attic. L