Hi,
I have just noticed today that the rafters at one end of my lean to extension roof are 26mm lower than at the other end, the roof is 9 meters in length.
Let me explain...
I had the roof timbers on my ground floor extension fitted by a joiner about a month ago, the joiner was recommended by the bricklayers that were putting up the shell of the extension for me, apparently they use this joiner quite a bit to do roofs for them.
I haven't felted or tiled the roof before now as I needed access to the bedroom window so it could be renewed and to remove the bathroom and toilet window and alter the brickwork to make this into one window and I didn't want to be clambering all over the new tiles while doing this.
So today I started to fit the soffit & fascia boards ready to felt & tile the roof, I noticed while trying the fascia board in position that at one end of the roof the fascia was 45mm above the end of the rafter (correct for the eaves tile height), and at the other end it was 70mm above, the fascia was level while the measurements were taken.
The rafters are all at the correct height on the ridge plate on the wall of the house and this is level, the problem with the rafters is at the wall plate of the extension wall. The wall plate is level.
Is my only option to lift and pack the rafter on the wall plate? or could I somehow cut a wedge to fit to the top of the low rafters to get the level correct?
Any advice appreciated, Thanks.
I have just noticed today that the rafters at one end of my lean to extension roof are 26mm lower than at the other end, the roof is 9 meters in length.
Let me explain...
I had the roof timbers on my ground floor extension fitted by a joiner about a month ago, the joiner was recommended by the bricklayers that were putting up the shell of the extension for me, apparently they use this joiner quite a bit to do roofs for them.
I haven't felted or tiled the roof before now as I needed access to the bedroom window so it could be renewed and to remove the bathroom and toilet window and alter the brickwork to make this into one window and I didn't want to be clambering all over the new tiles while doing this.
So today I started to fit the soffit & fascia boards ready to felt & tile the roof, I noticed while trying the fascia board in position that at one end of the roof the fascia was 45mm above the end of the rafter (correct for the eaves tile height), and at the other end it was 70mm above, the fascia was level while the measurements were taken.
The rafters are all at the correct height on the ridge plate on the wall of the house and this is level, the problem with the rafters is at the wall plate of the extension wall. The wall plate is level.
Is my only option to lift and pack the rafter on the wall plate? or could I somehow cut a wedge to fit to the top of the low rafters to get the level correct?
Any advice appreciated, Thanks.