Hello everyone,
Unfortunately, today we discovered that the roof frame construction on our build was done quite poorly.
As you can see, the wood is significantly damaged.
Is the ridge gap too wide?
And the screws should have been driven into the purlin heads above the rafters, right?
What do you think about this?
The site manager is coming tomorrow, and I would like to discuss this with him. What is usually done in this situation? A replacement is probably no longer possible since the roof is already half-covered.
The only option I see is a repair and a credit from the prefab house supplier. How much should be asked for in this case?
Sorry for all the questions. I hope someone has experience in this area or maybe (unfortunately) has faced similar issues.
I would appreciate your opinions!
Best regards,
flavah
Unfortunately, today we discovered that the roof frame construction on our build was done quite poorly.
As you can see, the wood is significantly damaged.
Is the ridge gap too wide?
And the screws should have been driven into the purlin heads above the rafters, right?
What do you think about this?
The site manager is coming tomorrow, and I would like to discuss this with him. What is usually done in this situation? A replacement is probably no longer possible since the roof is already half-covered.
The only option I see is a repair and a credit from the prefab house supplier. How much should be asked for in this case?
Sorry for all the questions. I hope someone has experience in this area or maybe (unfortunately) has faced similar issues.
I would appreciate your opinions!
Best regards,
flavah
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knalltüte21 Mar 2021 17:52seat88 schrieb:
Truly not pretty, but it serves its purpose. Nothing will likely happen, and repairing it will probably be difficult, plus I don’t think it will be visible from below, right? Certainly not well crafted, but as @seat88 already mentioned, it will hold (once the missing screw(s) are installed). Also, visibility from 8m (26 feet) below is definitely limited. However, I believe the shoddy work can still be fixed. Place a properly painted diamond-shaped patch in the center at the top to cover the gap. The screws—which, due to technical reasons, should have been fastened from the opposite side—can be filled over with filler and painted.I would raise concerns about both issues. In our case, there were also two spots slightly "damaged" during transport. After the painters finished, nothing was visible anymore.
As @superzapp already mentioned, I would have the ridge covered. The screws in the intermediate purlins were probably used to pull the rafters to the purlin before screwing from above. If it doesn’t fit perfectly, that can’t be avoided. I noticed the same with our build.
As @superzapp already mentioned, I would have the ridge covered. The screws in the intermediate purlins were probably used to pull the rafters to the purlin before screwing from above. If it doesn’t fit perfectly, that can’t be avoided. I noticed the same with our build.
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