Screw the new rafter into place.
Hip roof rafter repair.
This video shows how to repair a split rafter.
Use your tape measure to record the distance of both rafter legs.
If you are replacing the entire rafter screw down into the wood through the top and bottom joists.
The fact is that there are many things carpenters do that are allowed because we all know they work.
Use a circular saw to cut two sets of new rafters from the same size wood by the same dimensions.
If replacing part of the rafter attach one end of each sister board through the existing rafter.
With the proper tools anyone can do this.
Repeat the process for the joist beneath your old roof rafter.
This is called prescriptive solutions.
Of course we re talking about splicing a joist or rafter as part of a repair technique for a rotted termite damaged or over spanned joist.
Fit the rafter into place between the boards and screw through the sister boards into the rafter.
Sometime we just need a longer piece of wood like a hip king rafter.
Very easy to do.
Measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface.