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This article describes and illustrates the different types of support that prevents roof sagging and wall bulging at buildings, including definitions of collar ties, rafter ties, and structural ridge beams.
Collar ties (or ridge straps) prevent the ridge from separating due to uplift pressure from wind (top drawing, right). Rafter ties or ceiling joists support the rafters and sidewalls under gravity loads, including the dead load of the roof structure and live loads such as snow (above drawing).
8 Δεκ 2022 · Sistering the rafters isn’t enough, so collar ties, or collar beams, must also be added. Collar ties are short studs that run horizontally from rafter to rafter, yet are located much higher and closer to the roof ridge than the ceiling joists.
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21 Δεκ 2011 · Collar ties are horizontal framing members that are essentially ceiling joists that have been moved upward to span the distance between the rafters higher than the top of the walls. They still tie the rafters together, but they no longer form the low, flat barrier that ceiling joists do.
1 Οκτ 1992 · The rafters are in compression, pushing outward on the eaves walls, and the ceiling joists are in tension, pulling inward on the eaves walls. As a first option in enlarging the ceiling space, you can move the ceiling joists up the rafters, making them collar ties, as shown in the drawing below.
6 Οκτ 2024 · Install collar ties: Collar ties keep the roof stable after vaulting. Once you fasten collar ties horizontally between opposite pairs of rafters, nail one-by-threes to the underside of the ties to provide solid backing for the new ceiling surface.
