Cut Attic Trusses Over Garage

In some houses this may be the case.

Cut attic trusses over garage.

Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. Measure in from the lower edge of the roof to a point 1 4 the width of the truss on either side of the attic. To get a quick idea of what you re trying to do you can get a drawing of the truss that should have been installed above your garage when it was built. So we looked at the feasibility of carving out a bonus room in the attic.

The garage attic is pretty much at the same level as the master bed room floor. The sad fact is your builder could have installed attic trusses over this garage for just slightly more than what the existing trusses cost. When a truss becomes damaged cut or modified there is a chance of a structural overload or that they will not perform properly. Of stuff on it.

Home owners should avoid cutting or modifying their roof trusses. That means you could lay a 2 x 4 ft. Attic insulation between roof trusses. Make sure items are spaced so that the weight is evenly distributed over the chords.

However if you keep the storage weight to a minimum you may be able to build a storage platform above the insulation by attaching supporting beams to the sides of the trusses. Even easier you can also use a prefabricated attic floor kit designed specifically to raise the attic floor above the insulation. These trusses are usually engineered by a structural engineering company to carry a specific roof load. Scrap of plywood over the chords and set about 40 lbs.

In many others. This goes for manufactured roof trusses the kind assembled with metal gussets. 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. Attic trusses don t cost that much more than a common truss and it s a shame more builders don t use them all the time.

This will give you access to your attic storage. Measure the width of your roof trusses from inside to inside. A common misconception is that it takes little more than the installation of some decking over the attic joists to ready an attic for move in. One use of trusses is for the support of a roof they are similar to roof rafters.

Using the measurements from your loft ladder kit you should cut a square out of your garage roof. Then you can add the attic hatch frame kit.