Finishing Attic Space With Trusses

Ironically though it s the rafters that provide a better environment for an attic conversion because of the clear space.

Finishing attic space with trusses.

By contrast conventional trusses have supports called webbing that zigzag through the attic space. 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. 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. Trusses w shaped framing that supports the roof make things harder.

If you have this type of roof framing you cannot finish your attic without rebuilding the roof. Newer truss framed roofs are made with prefabricated trusses. This framing style typically provides the most open space in an attic. You can t simply cut out or alter these supports without seriously undermining the integrity of the roof structure.

This is the end wall of the attic above my garage. Rafters internal beams extending from the peak of the roof to its eaves provide a center open space that you can readily remodel. Trusses are considered a superior method of framing a roof because of the additional support. If you have trusses it will be next to impossible to reconfigure them to allow for clear space.