Piggyback Attic Truss

When roof trusses are too tall to be manufactured and or delivered we will cap the trusses and provide piggyback trusses.

Piggyback attic truss.

Add to list click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to your list. Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. Compare click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. The lumber components are.

We have lots of customers that take what would be a big empty dead attic area and use attic trusses to increase living space. Which in turn raises the value of your home. This truss is used in planset. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

Attic trusses have a room built right in them. It consists of a base similar to a hip truss with a cap truss on top of it. 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. The piggybacks to the left are shown above the roof so that the purlin and bracing system can be seen.

Whenever the overall height of a truss exceeds about 10. 28 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang. 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.

Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. Click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

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. A piggyback truss roof braced incorrectly as shown above is in dan ger of collapse. Piggyback trusses are basically filler trusses to fill in a roof space at t roof junctions.

Though they are sometimes omitted permanent diagonal braces bottom right are required. This truss is used in planset. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs. Transporting it by road may exceed the allowable height restrictions.