Roof Truss Addition

Stick frame trusses.

Roof truss addition.

It can take various forms and often used for aesthetic purposes adding height and focal interest to the ceiling. This video should provide you with a basic example of how you can assemble a gable roof with engineered trusses for a home addition that ties into the side of a sloping roof and using fill or. Matching the two different roof framing styles. A cantilever truss allows for level coverage past the exterior wall such as patios porches entryways and other offsets in the building elevation by moving one or both bearings inward from the end of the bottom chord up to 1 4 of the span.

To properly install each truss you will use 2 by 4 wood strips from the ground up to hold the truss in place on each side of the roof. 26 foot addition example the two different roof framing styles. This brings us to the point that putting a rafter beside a wood truss or. Take careful measurements to determine how many trusses you will need.

Cut two rafters with a circular saw to the pitch of the addition roof and nail them across the rafters on the old roof. This type of truss is perfect for the dining room living room great room and kitchen. A pitch truss with a sloping or non sloping vertical interior ceiling detail. To tie into the side of an existing roof put a new roof truss on the walls of the addition brace it upright then snap chalklines on the shingles to mark the center line of the new roof valleys where old and new roofs will connect.

You ll notice the difference in how the boards are cut to. They form an upside down v with the point at the top of the addition roof. These types of trusses are often used to create multilevel roof lines or construct additions to an existing building.