Recent content by Matakumoe

I'll let my handyman friend know of your suggestion. He's a friend, but it still will cost me more than I'd like. I'm doing some work myself in my house that has already put a strain on my budget.

Thanks for the advice. Will see what I can afford to do.

All the sheeting needs to be replaced. About half the joists are rotting 8"-18" at worst. Front end joist and rafter seems to be okay. Then ones at the back end are not real bad. Less than half of the rafters are rotting. The worst one has about 36" real damage. One has relatively little damage...

Nealtw, I didn't want to do the paint thing, but took more pics with a real camera. You don't need to poke at it with a screw driver. A hand or any type of blunt object will do. Yes some of the rafters are rotting also.

No, Sparky. Some of it runs into my garage behind the gutter ON the roof and some runs through the "Rube Goldberg" gutter across the front and down the spout out into the street. I don't know why the previous owner let the neighbor build so close. For that matter I don't know the municipality...

They are 2x6's.

I have a garage that is approximately 26’x26’. The roof is pitched 15 degrees. The joists span the width of the garage with no center support that goes to the ground. Judging by pics and diagrams on the internet, the trusses are what you call "gable end". Nearly half the rafters and joists are...