Removing Collar Ties In Attic

After that i could remove the temporary supports.

Removing collar ties in attic.

I installed some collar ties so i could insulate the ceiling while leaving an air space at the top of the attic for ventilation. To help understand what the collar ties do take a piece of paper and fold it in half into a shape like a roof. 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. Is it safe to remove these collar ties in my roof for a higher ceiling.

We would like to turn the attic space of our garage into a storage loft. Here are the connection requirements from the 2012 irc. Above each joist is a collar tie. There are collar ties the 1 x 1 5 horizontal beams you can see in the photos nailed in roughly.

Can we remove the collar ties to make this space usable for storage. Jack herrington bloomfield ny. The ties allow for a drywall ceiling and add strength to the roof structure. Next i cut 2x6s and installed them by resting them on the 2x4s and screwing them to the rafters.

I m in the process of fixing up the attic of our house built originally in 1941 and the ceiling is exposed. I temporarily attached a couple of 2x4s to the rafters and made sure they were level to each other and along their lengths. Currently the ceiling joists in the garage are 2x8s spanning 16 ft. 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.