Removing Collar Ties In Attic

As long as your ceiling joists rafter ties are all connected adequately to the roof rafters at each wall top plate you should be able to remove your collar ties.

Removing collar ties in attic.

The ties allow for a drywall ceiling and add strength to the roof structure. Jack herrington bloomfield ny. We would like to turn the attic space of our garage into a storage loft. I m in the process of fixing up the attic of our house built originally in 1941 and the ceiling is exposed.

Watch this video before. Collar ties shall be a minimum of 1 inch by 4 inches 25 mm by 102 mm nominal spaced not more than 4 feet 1219 mm on center. Next i cut 2x6s and installed them by resting them on the 2x4s and screwing them to the rafters. Is it safe to remove these collar ties in my roof for a higher ceiling.

After that i could remove the temporary supports. Hang the paper roof with your index fingers under the ridge grasp it with your. Above each joist is a collar tie. Can we remove the collar ties to make this space usable for storage.

Here are the connection requirements from the 2012 irc. I temporarily attached a couple of 2x4s to the rafters and made sure they were level to each other and along their lengths. To help understand what the collar ties do take a piece of paper and fold it in half into a shape like a roof. 6 in 16 in.