Hi Guys,
Looking to get a roofer's advice to avoid a potential roof collapse.
My house has been extended in the past with what seems to be a well done job (the far end of most of the pictures.
However they seem to have left a few old beams which have no function other than to support a TV aerial cable and to bang my head every time I climb the ladder.
I am going to be boarding out the remaining roofspace soon and am considering if I can remove these beams. One is half of the old central rafter and is which wobbly and I am sure could come out.
I am wondering if anybody who reads this can confirm that the other two pieces of wood the crossbeam and the notched support (old purlin and underpurlin??) are redundant as the roof face that they were once supporting is now gone.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers
Looking to get a roofer's advice to avoid a potential roof collapse.
My house has been extended in the past with what seems to be a well done job (the far end of most of the pictures.
However they seem to have left a few old beams which have no function other than to support a TV aerial cable and to bang my head every time I climb the ladder.
I am going to be boarding out the remaining roofspace soon and am considering if I can remove these beams. One is half of the old central rafter and is which wobbly and I am sure could come out.
I am wondering if anybody who reads this can confirm that the other two pieces of wood the crossbeam and the notched support (old purlin and underpurlin??) are redundant as the roof face that they were once supporting is now gone.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers
I would leave them in unless you can get a structural engineer to say otherwise.