Piggyback Attic Truss

Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

Piggyback attic truss. Piggyback trusses are basically filler trusses to fill in a roof space at t roof junctions. Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space. The lumber components are. Attic trusses have a room built right in them.

28 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang. We have lots of customers that take what would be a big empty dead attic area and use attic trusses to increase living space. The cap truss is very similar to a gable truss with webs transferring loads. When supported on the end wall of a building they are called gable ends.

Transporting it by road may exceed the allowable height restrictions. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb asce 7 10. This truss is used in planset. It consists of a base similar to a hip truss with a cap truss on top of it.

Compare click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. Though they are sometimes omitted permanent diagonal braces bottom right are required. This truss is used in planset.

Whenever the overall height of a truss exceeds about 10. Residential room in attic trusses are an inexpensive way to add extra living or storage space to your home or garage while also increasing the value of your property. Attic trusses can have rooms up to 20 w x 8 h. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

A piggyback truss roof braced incorrectly as shown above is in dan ger of collapse. Click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. Which in turn raises the value of your home. Because top chord c is a compression member it will buckle under load if braced with lateral braces alone upper right sketch.

24 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang. Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. The piggybacks to the left are shown above the roof so that the purlin and bracing system can be seen. A piggy back truss is used when roof framing requirements are taller than what a component manufacturer is capable of either shipping or producing with their production equipment.