How To Attach Addition To Roof Trusses

Cut two rafters with a circular saw to the pitch of the addition roof and nail them across the rafters on the old roof.

How to attach addition to roof trusses.

Tying porch roof shed into existing ask. If the ceiling of the new addition can be lowered an inch or 2 this gives us room to build a truss to match on the roof top. Attach home addition roof framing existing. Starting with the standard trusses they begin building the ridge line.

Add covered patio roof existing line. It s important that each truss is in the right position on the wall evenly spaced on both sides and level across the roof. That s when you start thinking about adding on to your existing building. They form an upside down v with the point at the top of the addition roof.

It happens all the time you grow out of your home and need an extra bedroom a bigger kitchen maybe you want to add a garage. 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. Toenail a truss into the top of the wall plate by nailing through the sides of the bottom chord at a 30 degree angle. Matching up to an existing roof.

Or maybe it s your shop that s getting crammed and you could really use some extra work space. In this situation the walls of a finished attic space or room would go with the roof line. As with rafter style roofs toenailing is one of the most common ways of attaching a truss style roof to a wall plate. Attach home addition roof framing existing.

Adding gable roof existing ideas. Just like with the walls the guys set up temporary braces to hold the trusses in place.