Bus Roof Raise Hat Channel

The high hat furring channel is a hat shaped corrosion resistant framing component used to fur out masonry walls and ceiling assemblies.

Bus roof raise hat channel.

The most popular reason is value. It s all very exciting so let s get into it. In concrete wall applications furring channel is installed vertically to the wall surface using concrete nails or power driven fasteners. We had all of the old hat channel cut ready to raise but there was something wrong with the rear cap.

For me the two and very important decisions were the height of the roof raise and the fasteners. If i had cut all of the channels ahead of time the roof might have slid or fallen so it wasn t worth the risk. The stock hat channel ribs is 13 14 gauge and the stock skin is 16 gauge. Outlining progress on the window frames and starting work on the rear door frame.

I had to make the remaining 14 cuts the day of the raise. One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof. Turns out there was a horizontal. Gypsum panels are then screw attached to the furring channels.

Nick stayed at the bus and cut some of the old hat channel old school style. Sunday night was kind of tough. We were hoping to get some new hat channel fastened on to a newly raised bus but hit a snag. Why raise the roof.

Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach. A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value. Climbing on the seats getting on the roof through the emergency hatch with adam movie night climbing on the seats that litter our yard and now that it s empty we plan to have a family camp out in the bus soon. So based on other builds and those numbers i had already decided on 14 gauge hat channel and 18 gauge skin some people go 20 without issues.

We are approaching roof raise time. These handy aides are used in the construction industry to help workers using scaffolding. Also i introduce the new gimbal for the gopro. For the kids the bus is a great playground.