Modifying Roof Trusses Forum

The lower cord or joist forms the lower horizontal of the triangle supporting the attic floor and top floor s ceiling.

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Modifying roof trusses my client wants to add a 16 inch wide 4 inch deep tray ceiling in a room where the drywall ceiling is attached to the bottom chord of roof trusses. However the cutting of some existing truss members and. I m new to the forum and would like to get some opinions on a potentional modification to my garage. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss.

I would like to vault the ceiling to create more height over a small area. There were 6 workers in the crew and they worked 8 hours each day for 15days. 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. Modifying existing trusses to carve out a room in the garage attic project gemh1 201.

To do this i d have to cut out and raise the bottom chords of the trusses. Currently i have a garage with standard 8 ceilings and a traditional roof truss. A typical roof truss has six main parts. The upper cords or rafters form the peak of the roof.

The center vertical brace is known as the king stud and angling off from it are. Modifying roof trusses the carpenter crew i was working with today framing a new duplex made 7000 in three weeks.