Roof Truss Addition

For safety purposes it s best to have two people hold the truss in place where it meets the 2 by 4 and one or two people to set the truss upright and fasten it.

Roof truss addition.

To properly install each truss you will use 2 by 4 wood strips from the ground up to hold the truss in place on each side of the roof. Floor wall height. This type of truss is perfect for the dining room living room great room and kitchen. This brings us to the point that putting a rafter beside a wood truss or.

A cantilever truss allows for level coverage past the exterior wall such as patios porches entryways and other offsets in the building elevation by moving one or both bearings inward from the end of the bottom chord up to 1 4 of the span. It can take various forms and often used for aesthetic purposes adding height and focal interest to the ceiling. A pitch truss with a sloping or non sloping vertical interior ceiling detail. Matching the two different roof framing styles.

You ll notice the difference in how the boards are cut to. To tie into the side of an existing roof put a new roof truss on the walls of the addition brace it upright then snap chalklines on the shingles to mark the center line of the new roof valleys where old and new roofs will connect. Cut two rafters with a circular saw to the pitch of the addition roof and nail them across the rafters on the old roof. Take careful measurements to determine how many trusses you will need.

This video should provide you with a basic example of how you can assemble a gable roof with engineered trusses for a home addition that ties into the side of a sloping roof and using fill or. They form an upside down v with the point at the top of the addition roof. Stick frame trusses.