Homemade Attic Trusses

The rooms in the attic trusses depend on the length of the truss and the pitch or steepness of the roof.

Homemade attic trusses.

Fashion your own set of plywood gusset plates by cutting thick sheets of plywood to fit over each site where one joist meets another. You just need to correct any errors before going on to the next truss. It takes considerable climbing skills and temporary walls to build the trusses in position so we will focus on prefabricating them. Video 9 build install soffit ladders.

On one hand you can prefabricate the trusses on the ground and then lift them into position or you can build them right in place. The plumbed edge will allow the rafter pieces to seamlessly fit together to form each truss shape. Cut a plumbed edge 45 degree angle cut in each rafter piece. Video 5 framing walls.

The longer the truss and the steeper the roof pitch the larger the room. Video 11 install fascia boards soffit material. Do you need a crane to set attic trusses. Make sure you have two rafter lengths for each truss you expect to make.

Gusset plates are used to secure the connections between the individual truss components. Because attic trusses require specific conditions to be met before they can be created we ll begin by drawing a simple structure that meets those requirements. As well running an attic air duct system can be very difficult if the roof trusses were not designed for that application. Select file new planfrom the menu to open a new blank plan.

There are two distinct methods for making your own roof trusses. Video 4 build homemade trusses. Video 8 install lp smart side panels part 1. Cut plywood gusset plates to fasten together lightweight trusses.

Video 6 installing the trusses. It s safer to use a crane for all. Select build wall straight exterior wallfrom the menu then click and drag to draw a rectangular structure. Roof truss design 1 24 span 2 web with plywood gussets figure 1 figure 1 roof truss 24 span 2 web with plywood gussets detailed information for a 2 web roof truss with a 24 span with plywood gussets.

This will help as you build rafters for a shed that are properly cut and fitted. Making shed trusses will not always turn out to be perfect it s very easy to build one that will be way off if your angle cuts are off by even as much as 2 or 3 degrees.