Twisted trusses

[knocker01]

Thanks in advance for any advice offered...

We've just had a surveyor round to look at our house for a potential client. He spent a while in the loft and came down saying that some of the trusses are twisted and had we noted this before? When he had a look at the outside of the house he couldn't see any bowing or defects in the external roof. The house is a 1970's detached home, brick construction, 2 stories with a loft. I had a look myself and it seems to be a few of them (not all) twisted a few degrees off centre.

How much of a concern should this be for us? Is this something that would have been like that since the 70's once the house had settled or is it likely to be a recent thing? He was typically noncommittal and said that it wasn't likely to be a problem until it became a problem but I am sure he will not be quite so non-committal on his survey report.

Similarly is it likely to be an expensive job to "fix"?

Cheers.

 

[^woody^]

Lack of bracing is a common find for surveyors. The trusses gradually lean to one side. Sometimes stop, sometimes carry on over time.

It's a potential problem in the long term, but a very easy fix with some 4x1 and nails.

It depends on how the surveyor words it in his report though. It will either put the buyers off, or they ask for a couple of hundred pounds reduction. Or you sort it out.

 

[knocker01]

Thanks for the reply!

Have spoken to a roofer and he said something similar but we've got him coming round to look at it next week to check it anyway. In between that and the door latch that he couldn't get to work(!) I'm not confident about how his report is going to come across to the buyers...

 

[noseall]

but a very easy fix with some 4x1 and nails.

When was the last time you tried to shoe-horn a 4.8m bracing piece through a standard loft hatch Woodleg?

 

[^woody^]

When was the last time you tried to shoe-horn a 4.8m bracing piece through a standard loft hatch Woodleg?

Not my problem . Lol

Shorter lengths, and lapped over two trusses. And mind the wallpaper.