Removing Roof Trusses

But there are five possible exceptions to look out for.

Removing roof trusses.

The first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. Adjust the bob until it is directly over the line and still. 2 truss chords have been removed. 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.

The wall that i intend to remove is in the middle of the truss system. 1 when the home has an l or t shape there may be an interior bearing wall under the intersection of the perpendicular. Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar.

Is it true that you can remove any walls from the interior with out fear of roof sag or worse collapse. 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. Watch this video before. This is sometimes done by a homeowner to provide cleared space in the attic for.

You will either need to remove the old upstairs ceiling or will have to support it from below until the new trusses are in place and the bottom chord of your stick built roof sistered to the new trusses for support. Since it is a truss system roof. I have this above my own garage. Sistering new trusses to old ceiling joists is problematic as there are usually a lot of obstacles like electrical outlets wires.

When taking the roofing materials off be sure to extend the path of demolishing to each existing truss on each side of the damaged one. Directly under the center king post and gusset plate where the bottom cord attach together. 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. Roof trusses are a common means of support and load bearing.