Attic trusses create a free room or rooms.
Add bridging attic trust.
From the foundation wall.
Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs.
We have lots of customers that take what would be a big empty dead attic area and use attic trusses to increase living space.
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.
In this situation the walls of a finished attic space or room would go with the roof line.
Figure 3 bridging removed for duct work although not as good as solid or cross bridging a 2 x 4 supporting the duct work as shown in figure 4 would provide more support and load sharing than a.
The rooms in the attic trusses depend on the length of the truss and the pitch or steepness of the roof.
From both ends of the span.
The longer the truss and the steeper the roof pitch the larger the room.
Attic trusses can have rooms up to 20 w x 8 h.
In addition two types of braces can be used in an attic to provide extra support for the trusses if needed.
If your joists span 12 ft for example place bridging 4 ft.
Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses.
Add a row of new bridging at both of the one third points of the span.
The joists shown here for example span 12 ft so we added rows of bridging 4 ft.
Begin by checking the original bridging.
One kind is used if you are going to finish the attic to provide living space.
Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space.
The lumber components are.
Do you need a crane to set attic trusses.
Adding two rows of bridging costs a few dollars per joist.
Attic trusses have a room built right in them.
Various types of metal bridging are available at home centers and lumberyards.
It s safer to use a crane for all involved.
Bridging is removed to allow for the installation of duct work as shown in figure 3 dryer vent pipes plumbing drains water pipes and lighting.
Which in turn raises the value of your home.
If any of it is loose add some nails or screws to secure it.
If the existing joist system is very close to being sufficient to support a new attic flooring the addition of bridging between the joists may be all that s required.
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.
My friend loren power will be the first to tell you that i made a mistake on his house.
Certain conditions must be met before an attic truss can be built.
He trusted me to build his home and it was one of the first i had ever done.
Ways to add extra support to roof trusses by ann azbill.
To install the type shown here drive the toothed end into the joist and nail the other end.
