Finishing Attic Space With Trusses

Rafters internal beams extending from the peak of the roof to its eaves provide a center open space that you can readily remodel.
Finishing attic space with trusses. If you have this type of roof framing you cannot finish your attic without rebuilding the roof. The space is 12 feet wide and ceiling height is 8 feet. Trusses are considered a superior method of framing a roof because of the additional support. This is the end wall of the attic above my garage.
If you have trusses it will be next to impossible to reconfigure them to allow for clear space. Trusses are like big structural triangles that have angled top pieces that serve as rafters horizontal pieces that serve as floor joists and interconnecting web pieces that give the triangle strength. If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light storage you can install inch plywood or. I didn t build this house but the architect did everyone a favor by making the vast space above the 40 foot long garage out of attic trusses.
Newer truss framed roofs are made with prefabricated trusses. Trusses w shaped framing that supports the roof make things harder. By contrast conventional trusses have supports called webbing that zigzag through the attic space. This framing style typically provides the most open space in an attic.