How To Construct Roof Trusses

Trusses can be constructed with smaller sized lumber than rafters and often their cost is not significantly higher than normal rafters.

How to construct roof trusses.

The bottom chord which is the bottom of the framed truss. Determine your shed roof pitch. Do this by nailing the triangular gusses to the rafters. Brace the trusses in place and check for plump prior to securing the frame.

Now assembly of your roof trusses can finally begin. Use of manufactured roof trusses can dramatically cut labor costs when framing a gable roof compared to building rafters. Again for the sake of simplicity we ll be building a truss for a gable roof. Once the trusses are constructed lift them into place and set them onto the top plates of the exterior walls just as you would a beam or joist.

Install the roof trusses. Begin by determining the measurements of the roof s slope. The longer your shed is the more roof trusses you will have to make. The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape.

Toe nail them into the top plate to secure them and then make sure they are braced laterally using blocking or long purlins. Then there is the top chord or rafters that are angled to make the roof pitch. There are three parts to the roof truss that you have to know. This will be the rafters length.

Take two rafters and connect the peak at the plumbed corner you created. Sheathing added on top of the trusses will provide final support to the roof trusses. Finally there are the gussets that hold the framed truss together. Even if you don t know how to build a truss any diyer with confidence can construct a simple roof truss for a shed.

Attach the truss to the frame every 2 feet securing them with 3 inch deck screws. See gusset construction below. The trusses you require may depend upon the shed s length. Trusses are commonly used to provide support for roofs bridges and other expansive structures.

To put together a simple wooden truss you ll fasten a number of pre cut beams into a chosen configuration inside a sturdy triangular frame which will help distribute the weight of the structure more evenly.