Removing A Trussed Roof

However this is now a commonplace simple construction project.

Removing a trussed roof.

Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer. Roof trusses going in all directions made the space very difficult to use. The type of truss 1 directly ties to the kind of roof you want your home to have.

Even though truss roofs may appear to be harder to convert there are still ways around them. Gable the gable is the most common roof type. Use a plumb bob on a string to find the point on the upper cords or rafters of your trusses directly above the line. Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home.

It s imperative that the roof structure and loft floor is given alternative support so the structure will need to be replaced rather than the trusses simply removed. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. Most builders prefer to use pre made truss. A friend of mine who was a structural engineer explained to me that the cost to the builder would have been significantly more if he had built the roof with a large open space.

An open space would have been much more practical. However if you want to better utilize the space in your loft you may consider changing roof trusses and going for stick framing or rafters instead. The first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. It may be open closed or cross and consists of triangles that.

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. Dangle the bob over the line at one end of the attic with the string against the lower edge of the rafter until it stops moving. I have this above my own garage. For a 2 000 square foot home roof truss installation typically costs between 7 200 and 12 000 you ll spend anywhere from 1 50 to 4 50 per square foot for materials alone or between 35 and 150 though extremely long and complex types can reach 400 each labor runs anywhere from 20 to 75 per hour ranges in both materials and labor are due to location size and roof complexity.

Roof trusses are a common means of support and load bearing.