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Collar Ties???
Is there a way to get around using them at all?
I am curious if it is structurally possible to even build without them. It has been several years since I framed full time and when I did we only had one or two houses that we didn't use prebuilt trusses. Would it be possible to use an over sized ridge board and tie the rafters into it so as to support a vertical load? In my mind I can see it and I have even drawn out a vector diagram to show load forces and my best estimation of their direction. Curious as to what you more experienced framers have done. thanks |
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Re: Collar Ties???
If i ask my engineer to design a roof without collar ties that's what I get. Where I live every roof has to have an PE's stamp and he designs from the IRC. If you had a roof design program, I think you would find that any roof can be designed without them.
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Ridge poles?
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I also knew I could hire a PE to design it for me but also wondered if there was any industry standard as far as the method of actually building it like that. Thanks |
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Re: Collar Ties???
Ridge beam, buttressed walls, or steel frame holding top of wall, of course designed by an engineer.
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Re: Collar Ties???
Due to the fact no one else mentioned it, it's called post and beam pwr.
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Re: Collar Ties???
It is possible to frame a full cathedral ceiling without collar ties with an engineered ridge beam. The ridge beam{usually a parallam or lvl} is sized strong enough to prevent sag, and the rafters are secured on the top verses the conventional method of a plumb cut against the ridge. This prevents any outward thrust that would blow out the side walls. This was done on my house in the master bedroom. Trust Joist Co. can spec the beam for you, they have excellent support to help you. Good luck with your project.
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Re: Collar Ties???
I'm very uncomfortable without at least some collarties.
The engineering principals are simple and easily demonstrated. Build a mockup about 3' high and sit on it. Notice the motions involved. Without a collar tie, the rafters will tend to spread at the base. Add a collartie, it goes into tension and the thrust is downward.
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Re: Collar Ties???
As Surf says, if you have a ridge beam (suitably sized for the load) with the rafters sitting on it not beside it, there is no horizontal force on the wall due to loading of rafters. One of the problems with collar ties is that they are in tension, tension joints in wood are tricky and can fail over time. Collar ties toward the top of the roof are very heavily loaded, toward the bottom are less loaded until they touch the plate and are at that point called ceiling joists and doing the best job they can for the least effort. The struc. engs. I speak with don't use collar ties to hold the walls together at all, that must be acheived in some other manner, but they do use them to decrease the span on the rafter and hence allow you to use smaller dimension rafters for the same deflection. Rich.
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Re: Collar Ties???
In this instance you are using the ridge beam as the major structural component. The unfortunate aspect of this design is that this area is where all of the heat and humidity tend to collect. Over time the ridge will sag and the walls will bow. In the interim it will be patch and paint.
The concept does work but is expensive in todays world.
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In Teetor's example, build your 3 ft triangle and tie your bottom chord well with some extra nails, then sit on it, for a thousand years or so. No collar tie required. |
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This is a great debate.
It really is quite like the "What came first: the chicken(ridge) or the egg(collar tie)?" Do Ridges sag because they aren't beefy enough? (another thread: are ridges necessary in non-cathedral applications?)<<<<<<<<<<can't wait OR Do Ridges sag because common rafters are not tied together to form a cohesive unit, thus enabling the squish weight (technical term) of the roof to thrust downward, hence causing walls to blow/bow out? -I.M. Pei27 |
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Done correctly, they will last for centuries with slate roofs. Go to Europe, there are millions of them. Realise too that they were built when big trees were plentiful, carpenters really understood wood and labor was cheap (indentured slaves).
To reproduce that style today will cost you less than a castle but more than your average house. BTW, you have to heat and cool all of that dead airspace.
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Re: Collar Ties???
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Tied together is critical without a ridge beam. In my experience tied at the floor joist is best.If the rafters have to sit on top of the floor a collar tie won't hold it anyway so there i woud go ridge beam. That's my experience with the roofs and engineers I've worked with. I still own buildings I did 25 years ago and warranty roofs I did 30 to 35 years ago. Last edited by K2; 03-10-2006 at 11:56 PM. |
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Re: Collar Ties???
Why do I keep thinking of a wishbone? The difference is that, with a roof, nobody wins.
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Re: Collar Ties???Quote:
Practical Engineering 5/96 has a few pages devoted to this subject but I can't find it printed online. I'll keep looking. Last edited by K2; 03-11-2006 at 09:44 AM. |
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With proper venting would this really be an issue at all? And if so I would be interested to see the cost difference between a big beefy lvl vs. a steel I-beam ridge. Advertisement |
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