Setting Attic Trusses By Hand

The most important trusses in a truss set always seem to end up in the middle or bottom of the stack.

Setting attic trusses by hand.

Trusses are made up of diverse even members that can be made of wood or metal and then arranged into triangular shapes. Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. If the roof rises 7 inches 18 cm for every 1 foot 0 30 m its pitch would be written as 7 12. After setting the second truss in the same manner workers attach a ridge beam to the peak of both trusses.

A roof truss is a tectonic framework of some type of dedicated support material that can perfectly traverse the free space above a room. The workers manually position the first truss at the end of the roof on the corresponding number on the wall plate. Certain conditions must be met before an attic truss can be built. The lumber components are.

The structure should be sufficiently wide to allow for a loft and attic spaces the loft area must be on a living floor and have attic rooms on both sides separated by knee walls a flat ceiling in the loft area and a floor below steep enough roof pitch to provide appropriate ceiling height for the loft area. Setting subsequent trusses the workers then set the second truss in a similar manner to the first and attach a ridge beam at the apex of each truss. Residential room in attic trusses are an inexpensive way to add extra living or storage space to your home or garage while also increasing the value of your property. So use a tape measure to find the height of the roof above the top wall of the building.

They then nail it to the wall plate and attach temporary braces to hold it upright. Also measure the length of half of the roof from one side of the ridge beam to the edge of the building. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs.