Lawrence wrote:
I have a 12 year old house, with the original roof. On one side of my



roof, there is a sunken rafter which is causing a dip in the roof.
I was told that it would not move or sink anymore, but I would love to
get your opinion on this matter.
1. What caused this to happen?


My guess is that the framing member wasn't nailed down properly if at
all. Has any other part of your house shown the problem? Any problem
with the ceiling inside? If not then it has to be the framing.


2. How severe is it?


I think it's pretty bad. Residential roof are always wildly
overdesigned and failures are rare even in old houses. That house is
pretty new and there's no way that is right.

I can't see the pics (geocities won't let me, says bandwidth exceeded)
but I was looking for a place a couple months ago and I saw LOADS of
houses with atrocious dips in the roofs (they were offered for what I
thought was extortionate pricing too, so I politely declined to make an
offer.)

nate

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