Roof Sags In Middle

If your rafters are still sagging a bit and it is causing your roof to dish out a little in the center of the roof sides add a 2x4 that goes all the way across the rafters in the center of the length of the rafters.

Roof sags in middle.

The home may not be designed to support the weight of this extra roofing material and it will sag. Some roofs sag because of decay to the inside beams and sheathing. A ridge that droops in the middle forming that unintentional western design feature likely is due to undersized rafters and or missing or inadequate internal bracing rafter or collar ties. Installing new rafters directly alongside the weak or damaged ones is often enough to correct this problem.

Use your string line to determine how much the roof need to go up. Non foundational reasons for a sagging roof. Two or more roofs on one structure spell trouble. If the framing is sound and problems are not found elsewhere but the roof still sags the.

Rotten or saturated sheathing can also cause roof lines to sag. This is the easiest problem to repair. A sagging roof can come in one of a few classic forms each with its own cause.