Hi all,
I want to raise the rear roof of my garage because the timber barn doors on it are rotten and at about 1.75m there’s limited headroom for replacement doors (or standard uPVC French Doors for example). The garage is a lean-to next to the house. The pitched roof of the garage seems to meet a vertical timber beam which I’m guessing is the structural support. I’m thinking about propping up the roof rafters whilst I remove this beam and reposition it about 50cm higher. To do this I’ll need to build up the brick pillars on either side. Once this is done I can put a new flat roof over the back and build a new frame for the doors.
Am I thinking about this the right way, and is this potentially a disaster waiting to happen? My joiner has had a look at it and is a bit uneasy about it in general, which is why I’m asking for advice here.
Actually, I’ve just thought about it again and obviously don’t want to change the pitch of the roof, so in order to gain 50cm height the beam would have to be positioned further inside the garage, not just directly up. The rafters would have to be trimmed to meet the new beam position, and new pillars would have to be built to support the beam. It’s all sounding more complicated than I thought…
Thanks!
I want to raise the rear roof of my garage because the timber barn doors on it are rotten and at about 1.75m there’s limited headroom for replacement doors (or standard uPVC French Doors for example). The garage is a lean-to next to the house. The pitched roof of the garage seems to meet a vertical timber beam which I’m guessing is the structural support. I’m thinking about propping up the roof rafters whilst I remove this beam and reposition it about 50cm higher. To do this I’ll need to build up the brick pillars on either side. Once this is done I can put a new flat roof over the back and build a new frame for the doors.
Am I thinking about this the right way, and is this potentially a disaster waiting to happen? My joiner has had a look at it and is a bit uneasy about it in general, which is why I’m asking for advice here.
Actually, I’ve just thought about it again and obviously don’t want to change the pitch of the roof, so in order to gain 50cm height the beam would have to be positioned further inside the garage, not just directly up. The rafters would have to be trimmed to meet the new beam position, and new pillars would have to be built to support the beam. It’s all sounding more complicated than I thought…
Thanks!