Roof Plate Fixing

You will have to paint the roof but is cheaper than buying new roofing.

Roof plate fixing.

9kn and 16kn truss to top plate fixing used in pairs the cpc40 cleats achieve 9kn and the cpc80 cleats achieve 16kn. For typical roof trusses used in light frame construction bolts are usually not used because of spacing requirements. Use a flat pry bar to remove drip edge nails along the eave and rakes. This should replace the strength of the original gusset plate.

You may need to use a putty knife to break the seam between the first course and the starter strip. Measure the damaged area between your roof rafters or trusses. The required pack comes supplied with the appropriate cleats and screws to penetrate through the timber top plate packer and into the top plate. Slide the flat bar under starter course and pry out the nails.

Set out the ceiling joists onto the wall plates the ceiling joists are installed before the rafters as they will stop the roof spreading and also give something for you to lay planks across to stand on when building the roof. Cut a piece of 1 2 inch plywood that will cover the area. Remove roofing and turn each sheet over. What was previously a valley in the corrugations will now be a ridge and the nail hole will be in the correct place.

If fixing screws are left in the valleys your roof will leak in hundreds of places. After the roof is installed the most common practice is re installing the dish in the same holes but there s a far better practice that doesn t involve potentially causing needless damage to the newly installed roof and minimizes the amount of time customers go without television service. To fix the joists and rafters down on to the wall plates they should be toe or skew nailed to the top plate like below. Even when nails or structural screws are used spacing m ust be considered and the fasteners used at the repaired joint or member extend much further from the joint or crack than a metal connector plate.

At 7 05 paul begins replacing the drip edge roof flashing. If a roof has been re roofed with heavier roofing material than the original roof was engineered for.