Hip Roof Rafter Repair

Screw the new rafter into place.

Hip roof rafter repair.

The first step is to find out how many rafters are sagging and if anything else is damaged. Use your tape measure to record the distance of both rafter legs. Of course we re talking about splicing a joist or rafter as part of a repair technique for a rotted termite damaged or over spanned joist. If replacing part of the rafter attach one end of each sister board through the existing rafter.

Very easy to do. This video shows how to repair a split rafter. However it is important to fix the rafters before doing any other work to the roof. The fact is that there are many things carpenters do that are allowed because we all know they work.

Measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. Fit the rafter into place between the boards and screw through the sister boards into the rafter. If you are replacing the entire rafter screw down into the wood through the top and bottom joists. Repeat the process for the joist beneath your old roof rafter.

With the proper tools anyone can do this. Use a circular saw to cut two sets of new rafters from the same size wood by the same dimensions.