Reinforce Existing Roof Trusses

Connect roof sheathing to the roof framing with ten penny weight common or eight penny weight ring shank nails.

Reinforce existing roof trusses.

Put on the adhesive as you would caulk. The plan is to tear out the drywall ceiling in the garage place 16 2 4 floor trusses 19 o c. Apply construction adhesive along the edge of the truss to strengthen the connection to the plywood roof deck. Extra support for the trusses can be made by placing a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber from each truss on one side to the truss on the other side high enough to provide head room but low enough to provide support for the trusses.

Take 2 6x4 as long as your longest stored lumber and cut 2 inch deep grooves in them as wide as your 2x6 is thick every foot or so. The beam extends to the far end of the roof hanging over the trusses still sitting there. In this situation the walls of a finished attic space or room would go with the roof line. Then sister 2 12 s to the existing trusses and use plywood gussets with an engineered nail pattern in place of a ridge beam.

And build the decking on top of that. Simply take 2 diagonal pieces and place them between the trusses. Stiffen trusses by joining them with 2x4s running from one end of the house to the other. Throw in some collar ties and your done.

If you don t have an a frame roof you can run parallel boards between the studs to further offer support and to strengthen the frame. The first step to reinforcing the roof is to add an x to the frame. After setting the second truss in the same manner workers attach a ridge beam to the peak of both trusses. Continue reading below our video of the day.