Moving Roof Supports In Attic

Homeowners should avoid cutting or modifying their roof trusses.

Moving roof supports in attic.

Step 1 measure the width of your roof trusses from inside to inside. The ceiling first floor floor of the 2nd floor is 14 lvl i beams on 16 centers. 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. In some houses this may be the case.

Just run new kickers to a nearby wall or out of your way but to the same wall. That s just a stiff back perlin brace that s been kicked to a wall. Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home. 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.

I have this above my own garage. One use of trusses is for the support of a roof. Trusses are similar to roof rafters. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss.

My shop is trussed 36 clear and one of my bays is 2 stories. These trusses are usually engineered by a structural engineering company in order to carry a specific roof load. Use a chalk line to draw a line along the floor parallel to the lower edge of the roof from one end of the attic to the other on both sides. 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.

In this situation the walls of a finished attic space or room would go with the roof line. Extra support for the trusses can be made by placing a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber from each truss on one side to the truss on the other side high enough to provide head room but low enough to provide support for the trusses. Things needed tape measure chalk line 2 by 4 inch boards circular saw safety goggles hammer 3 inch galvanized nails. This can hold several hundred pounds per square foot.

The type of roof would really not matter compared to the support of the ceiling new floor.