Reinforcing Garage Roof Trusses

To make the area more useable and secure now i want to put in 5 8 plywood over those 2x4s.

Reinforcing garage roof trusses.

Then sister 2 12 s to the existing trusses and use plywood gussets with an engineered nail pattern in place of a ridge beam. It can be nailed temporarily to each truss as the next truss is put in place. When all the trusses are installed and the first row of decking is on this brace is removed. Stiffen trusses by joining them with 2x4s running from one end of the house to the other.

And build the decking on top of that. Usually trusses are put 24 inches apart. Put on the adhesive as you would caulk. Reinforce the rafters in your garage for storage.

To hold them up until the decking of the roof is placed on top a 12 foot 1 inch by 4 inch piece of lumber is used. Reinforcing garage attic trusses for storage area i have an attic above my two car garage that i have been using as a storage area. The plan is to tear out the drywall ceiling in the garage place 16 2 4 floor trusses 19 o c. If your garage has open rafters below the roof you ve got a wealth of storage space available above your head.

Apply construction adhesive along the edge of the truss to strengthen the connection to the plywood roof deck. Originally i just put loose boards down over the horizontal 2x4 base of the trusses. Jack up the centre reinforce as above and also replace any wood strapping with steel mending plates hurricane ties etc leave it as is strap up drywall pray to the gods.