Piggyback Attic Truss

Transporting it by road may exceed the allowable height restrictions.

Piggyback attic truss.

Add to list click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to your list. Attic trusses can have rooms up to 20 w x 8 h. Piggyback trusses are basically filler trusses to fill in a roof space at t roof junctions. When supported on the end wall of a building they are called gable ends.

Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs. Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. Because top chord c is a compression member it will buckle under load if braced with lateral braces alone upper right sketch.

Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space. The lumber components are. This truss is used in planset. 28 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang.

Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb asce 7 10. Attic trusses have a room built right in them. 24 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang. When roof trusses are too tall to be manufactured and or delivered we will cap the trusses and provide piggyback trusses.

Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. We have lots of customers that take what would be a big empty dead attic area and use attic trusses to increase living space. 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. It consists of a base similar to a hip truss with a cap truss on top of it.

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. This truss is used in planset. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

Though they are sometimes omitted permanent diagonal braces bottom right are required. The cap truss is very similar to a gable truss with webs transferring loads. 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.