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Originally Posted by looneybin
you need to add some purlins and kickers down to the load bearing walls to provide additional bracing for the roof.
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Ok, I understand the "Purlins" but I can't find anything on the internet that defines "kickers" other than tennis shoes & Karate.
It looks like my roof has purlins that span about 70' and are obviously sagging. They have supports about every 20 feet.
My guess (uneducated of course) would be to locate the proper place for the purlins, and remove the one or two 1x4's so that I can access from outside. This would be aftere stripping off all of the shingles.
Next, I would run a level string on the outside of the roof and put in the purlin braces every 24 or 48" (which ever cooresponds to a ceiling joist).
I'm on a limited budget so I plan on doing some of the work myself and using some laborers to help out. I have about $15k to spend but I'm hoping for a 25K roof and contributing a lot of personal labor. I may need to take two weeks off from work to accomplish this.
My last Question:
After stripping the roof of all shingles, would I put any type of overlayment (like 1/4" 4x8's tp smoothe the whole surface out? Or will the roofing underlayment solve that issue?
Thanks in advance for all the tips. This at least, leads me to endless internet searches and I'm slowing getting the point. This will be a next summer project, so I have some time to do my research.
Thanks All........Vern