Hi folks,
We're hopefully going to be completing on a purchase and move to a big old Grade 2 listed house sometime this year. We've had a very extensive heritage survey completed (which was better than expected!) and one of the major issues it has highlighted is for one of the roofs on a 2-storey outrigger from the main house.
Its a pretty standard single ridge roof with a gable end, comprising timber structure and slate tiles. There are a couple of connected issues:
* There is no wall-plate so the rafters are simply resting on the top of the wall
* There is nothing tying the roof to the walls
* There is no cross-bracing to stop the roof from spreading
This has all led to the top of one of the walls being pushed out slightly - its not clear if this is historic or has been caused by some recent repair work to the roof, where the slates have been replaced. Regardless, its high on the list of things for us to rectify.
Our surveyor has suggested we get a structural engineer to design some sort of scheme to rectify the issue by both tying the roof to the walls and providing some structural mechanism to stop further spread. We can then take measures to rectify the spread at the top of the wall.
Any ideas on what options or recommendations might be appropriate in this case? We have access to inside the roof via a loft so should we be able to do something without removing the whole roof?
We're hopefully going to be completing on a purchase and move to a big old Grade 2 listed house sometime this year. We've had a very extensive heritage survey completed (which was better than expected!) and one of the major issues it has highlighted is for one of the roofs on a 2-storey outrigger from the main house.
Its a pretty standard single ridge roof with a gable end, comprising timber structure and slate tiles. There are a couple of connected issues:
* There is no wall-plate so the rafters are simply resting on the top of the wall
* There is nothing tying the roof to the walls
* There is no cross-bracing to stop the roof from spreading
This has all led to the top of one of the walls being pushed out slightly - its not clear if this is historic or has been caused by some recent repair work to the roof, where the slates have been replaced. Regardless, its high on the list of things for us to rectify.
Our surveyor has suggested we get a structural engineer to design some sort of scheme to rectify the issue by both tying the roof to the walls and providing some structural mechanism to stop further spread. We can then take measures to rectify the spread at the top of the wall.
Any ideas on what options or recommendations might be appropriate in this case? We have access to inside the roof via a loft so should we be able to do something without removing the whole roof?