Moving Roof Supports In Attic

Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss.

Moving roof supports in attic.

These trusses are usually engineered by a structural engineering company in order to carry a specific roof load. Use a chalk line to draw a line along the floor parallel to the lower edge of the roof from one end of the attic to the other on both sides. When a truss becomes damaged cut or modified there is a. I have this above my own garage.

Things needed tape measure chalk line 2 by 4 inch boards circular saw safety goggles hammer 3 inch galvanized nails. Moving a roof support. Extra support for the trusses can be made by placing a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber from each truss on one side to the truss on the other side high enough to provide head room but low enough to provide support for the trusses. In some houses this may be the case.

Those are supports but there not in critical spots you can move them wherever is convenient. In this situation the walls of a finished attic space or room would go with the roof line. The type of roof would really not matter compared to the support of the ceiling new floor. If the roof slope is steeper than 9 inches in 12 inches of run it doesn t take much width to end up with a nice room 12 feet wide with an 8 foot ceiling.

A common misconception is that it takes little more than the installation of some decking over the attic joists to ready an attic for move in. This can hold several hundred pounds per square foot. One use of trusses is for the support of a roof. That s just a stiff back perlin brace that s been kicked to a wall.

The ceiling first floor floor of the 2nd floor is 14 lvl i beams on 16 centers. Step 1 measure the width of your roof trusses from inside to inside. My shop is trussed 36 clear and one of my bays is 2 stories. Homeowners should avoid cutting or modifying their roof trusses.

Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home.