How To Remove Trussing To Make Attic

What may seem like an easy diy project can cost you time extra money to buy or rent the correct equipment and perhaps a large disposal cost.

How to remove trussing to make attic. Step 1 remove the existing roof the first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. To get a quick idea of what you re trying to do you can get a drawing of the truss that should have been installed above your garage when it was built. There s plenty of room to make a 12 x 12 room with 10 foot ceiling at its peak. Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer.

In the picture below the cross brace marked with yellow arrows is a real thorn in my side impeding travel from one area to another. However if you want to better utilize the space in your loft you may consider changing roof trusses and going for stick framing or rafters instead. Attic trusses don t cost that much more than a common truss and it s a shame more builders don t use them all the time. Unfortunately my home builder had framed out the attic using a common truss system utilizing 2x4 s see attached picture of exact type although my roof is much steeper and no middle non bearing wall below.

This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. Roof trusses are a common means of support and load bearing.