Piggyback Attic Truss

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

Piggyback attic truss.

Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. When supported on the end wall of a building they are called gable ends. 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. 24 attic truss with a 12 12 pitch and 12 overhang.

Which in turn raises the value of your home. Whenever the overall height of a truss exceeds about 10. We have lots of customers that take what would be a big empty dead attic area and use attic trusses to increase living space. Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space.

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

Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. This truss is used in planset. Attic trusses can have rooms up to 20 w x 8 h. The lumber components are.

Compare click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. When roof trusses are too tall to be manufactured and or delivered we will cap the trusses and provide piggyback trusses. Because top chord c is a compression member it will buckle under load if braced with lateral braces alone upper right sketch. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs.

Transporting it by road may exceed the allowable height restrictions. The piggybacks to the left are shown above the roof so that the purlin and bracing system can be seen. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb asce 7 10. Standard piggyback truss connection detail using 1 2 plywood or 7 16 osb.

Click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. Attic trusses have a room built right in them. The cap truss is very similar to a gable truss with webs transferring loads. Add to list click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to your list.