Finishing A Trussed Attic

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Finishing a trussed attic. If you ve measured your attic space and feel you have enough room to accommodate living space chances are you have rafters or you have special trusses called attic trusses which create a large open space under the peak of the roof. Nail them to the rafters and angle nail the center support to the top edge of the horizontal brace. I have this above my own garage. It may take 2 to 3 coats to cover the new drywall.

Cut a 2 by 4 to fit horizontally from rafter to rafter on each truss. By contrast conventional trusses have supports called webbing that zigzag through the attic space. To meet all three goals insulating your finished attic ventilating the roof and maximizing headroom use a combination of dense batt insulation rigid foam sheeting and air chutes. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss.

Instinctively eyes will be drawn to the sloped ceiling in most attics so it s a good. Finishing the attic 1. Cut the ends to the same angle you used for the pony wall studs. Attic floors generally need to be reinforced with additional joists and a subfloor.

If you have this type of roof framing you cannot finish your attic without rebuilding the roof. Your attic is now ready for finishing. Before you put up wallpaper or decorate. The lyons used a web of 16 inch deep engineered trusses to accommodate wiring plumbing and ductwork then topped the plywood subfloor with oak or tile.

Prime and paint the walls.