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While installing a celling fan, the repair man noticed a broken truss at my mothers house.
We know she is in need of a new roof, its probably over 20 years old, 2 layers of shingles. It has softspots in few areas. So far no leaks into the house. She is on SS, so she is saving money for new roof. (I was told insurance wont cover due to age of roof).
Could this damage be caused by the roof being old and sagging? She had it fixed by having a repairman raise it, and sister 2 boards on each side.
(I know some will say she should hire engineer to inspect but at this time she has no money for that)
Trying to figure out how to add picture, it says I cant post attachments
A damaged truss has nothing to do with an old roof, however if there are soft spots on the roof, chances are there is roof sheathing that will need to be replaced prior to the installation of new shingles.
The roofers will be able to identify all bad areas once they are in the process of removing the existing shingles.
Thank you. I am just wondering if the sagging could have caused the truss to break (leaves laying on there, or snow) we have no idea how long its been broken.
I worry this might be structural, and she does not have money to fix it now. There is 3 areas where she has cracks in the exterior wall (including going threw brick, they are not wide but long (from bottom of window all the way to ground), no cracks on the inside walls. All windows work well (but they do also show some cracking on outside by frame).
For now I am taking pictures and measuring all the cracks since I honestly never paid attention before and have no idea if they were there before or not. The house was build in 1976, it passed inspection 9 years ago with (some common cracks mentioned as no big issue). Of course if I noticed the cracks are getting worst or there is more, we will need to address it.
Roof quotes I have been getting are 10,000 - 15,000 for full tear off, she will also need gutters and chimney fixed. At this point I honestly fear she cant add on a foundation getting fixed.
That's a rafter, not a truss, and it is a structural member. It can be repaired by sistering a new 2x on either side. A good carpenter should be able to fix it pretty easily. There's no danger of an imminent roof collapse if it's just that one.
That's a rafter, not a truss, and it is a structural member. It can be repaired by sistering a new 2x on either side. A good carpenter should be able to fix it pretty easily. There's no danger of an imminent roof collapse if it's just that one.
Thank you. That is how she had it fixed until she is ready for new roof which will be soon. A local roofer called it a truss and said "its too much work for him". So that combined with a couple of cracks in her exterior walls, had me freaked out that she might be having foundation issues.
Thank you. That is how she had it fixed until she is ready for new roof which will be soon. A local roofer called it a truss and said "its too much work for him". So that combined with a couple of cracks in her exterior walls, had me freaked out that she might be having foundation issues.
It's highly unlikely that the broken rafter is related to the cracked bricks, unless there's some really serious settlement. Are they in the same area? Pictures of the brick cracks?
That's a rafter, not a truss, and it is a structural member. It can be repaired by sistering a new 2x on either side. A good carpenter should be able to fix it pretty easily. There's no danger of an imminent roof collapse if it's just that one.
We were getting our house ready for sale and had a licensed handyman out to do a few repairs. He was telling me about a house he did some inspection repairs and that he had to repair a couple of rafters that were broken. He said that these go unnoticed because how many homeowners go into their roof crawl space and check them? He also said a number of reasons could be why they were broken. He repaired them just as you stated.
When our buyers had their inspection done on our house, we too had a couple of broken rafters. Our handyman fixed them with no issues.
It's highly unlikely that the broken rafter is related to the cracked bricks, unless there's some really serious settlement. Are they in the same area? Pictures of the brick cracks?
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