If the temperature is right, my IR camera can see the rafters. Best to
check early on a cold morning with the heat on in the building.
Otherwise I'm of the William "Hammer" system persuasion. Never found
anything better.
On 4/17/2023 1:31 PM, Garrison via RE-wrenches wrote:
Hi Kris,
I
There are very good roof mounting systems that do not require finding
the rafter. There was a thread on this within the past two weeks. I
understand the comfort of lagging into a rafter, but unless you can see
the rafters from below, you'll never know 100% you did not come out the
side of the
Hi Kris,
I started using the Bosch D-tect 150 a few years ago after a friend who had
success with it recommended it. Works great on most roofs. It needs a
smooth surface to roll on so I use a piece of Soladeck box. Older roofs
with ply over roof boards don't scan very well so I sometimes go
OK, so we need to look outside the box on this rafter finder!what other industries have need of tools that look at wood or metal on the other side of various materials?Watched a movie the other night and this guy was finding rebar in concrete 2 to 3 inches thick or was that just Hollywood?Dana
Another reason why I never put solar panels on a dwelling roof.
However, it seems crazy to be drilling holes to find the rafter still in
2023. $.02
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Can echo this, I did a fresh look into this last year and still have not found
anything better than a hammer and feeler tool.
We are considering going to a deck direct attachment like rooftech as well,
which makes rafter locations less critical. We intend to still have crews find
the rafter
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