Making Roof Trusses And Joints

Metal plate connectors are meant to be hydraulically pressed into roof truss joints.

Making roof trusses and joints. Things you ll need pencil paper sawn lumber tape measure circular saw hammer gusset plates nails. Take two rafters and connect the peak at the plumbed corner you created. Now assembly of your roof trusses can finally begin. The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape.

Photo courtesy of the truss plate institute a roof truss simply put is a wooden frame that supports the roof of a built structure like a shed. The very first step for building roof trusses is to prepare a design layout that can be sketched by a professional architect or can also be done by using a software that is specifically meant to design a roof truss. Slide trusses into position and rotate into place. Do this by nailing the triangular gusses to the rafters.

Support trusses at the joints when raising. The second step in building a roof truss is to prepare the materials needed. Fashion your own set of plywood gusset plates by cutting thick sheets of plywood to fit over each site where one joist meets another. Individual trusses should always be carried vertically to avoid lateral stress and damage to the joints.

Build your own roof trusses.