Remove Collar Ties Attic

To help understand what the collar ties do take a piece of paper and fold it in half into a shape like a roof.

Remove collar ties attic.

6 in 16 in. The ties allow for a drywall ceiling and add strength to the roof structure. I m in the process of fixing up the attic of our house built originally in 1941 and the ceiling is exposed. You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

Can we remove the collar ties to make this space usable for storage. Next i cut 2x6s and installed them by resting them on the 2x4s and screwing them to the rafters. Collar ties shall be a minimum of 1 inch by 4 inches 25 mm by 102 mm nominal spaced not more than 4 feet 1219 mm on center. As long as your ceiling joists rafter ties are all connected adequately to the roof rafters at each wall top plate you should be able to remove your collar ties.

Above each joist is a collar tie. Here are the connection requirements from the 2012 irc. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses.

Currently the ceiling joists in the garage are 2x8s spanning 16 ft. I temporarily attached a couple of 2x4s to the rafters and made sure they were level to each other and along their lengths. We would like to turn the attic space of our garage into a storage loft. Is it safe to remove these collar ties in my roof for a higher ceiling.

Hang the paper roof with your index fingers under the ridge grasp it with your. Watch this video before. Second measure the depth of the rafters. After that i could remove the temporary supports.

First head to the attic.