If the truss is designed in a way the engineer will approve it then it doesn t matter the lumber size that was used.
Lumber size for roof truss.
The truss is a framework consisting of rafters posts and struts which supports your roof.
They are designed at a 4 12 pitch to be spaced 2 foot on center.
One will like to use a 2 6 1 yellow pine with a certain mending plate where another will like to use a 2 4 msr 2400 with an extra web.
There s already been mention of using a prefab set up when appropriate and you can always attempt to negotiate a lower labor fee for larger projects.
Visit the roof framing page for more information on cutting roof rafters and visit the roof pitch calculator for determining rafter lengths based on rise and run.
It is strong but shallow maximizing the use of lumber using available and ordinary lumber sizes.
It is always better to have a large rafter rather than be concerned with a sagging roof.
1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2.
A stick framed house used 20 643 board feet of lumber while a component framed house including roof trusses used only 15 052 board feet of lumber.
Every truss designer has his own signature style.
That is 25 less lumber which means more money in your pocket as the builder and more money in the pocket of the homeowner.
I hope this clears up the muddy water of truss design.
Spaced sheathing or 1x boards may be reduced slightly.
Maximum and use lumber properties as follows.
Pre manufactured stock trusses are constructed with spruce pine fir spf or southern yellow pine syp lumber.
1 ft 0 3048 m.
Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 15 lbs ft 2.
Douglas fir maximum horizontal roof rafter span for lumber grade selected structural and no.
2x4f 2000psif 1100psie 1 8x10 2x6f 1750 psi f 950 psi f 1900 psi e 1 8x10.
A gambrel room in attic truss also provides extra living space while giving your roof a barn like appearance.
Gable room in attic trusses provide an economical way to add extra living space to your home or garage.
Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more.
Trusses must be designed for any special loading such as.
These trusses the meet building code criteria as specified by structural building components of america sbca and the truss plate institute tpi.
For example in the rafter span table below the highlighted cell in the 40 live load table indicates that 2 x 8 southern yellow pine joists that have a grade of 2 that are spaced 24 apart can have a maximum span of 10 feet 3 inches 10 3 if designing for a live load of 40 lbs ft 2.
Allowable spans for 2x4 top chord trusses using sheathing other than plywood e g.
A 4 12 pitch means that the roof rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of run.
2 are indicated below.
If your project had a rafter length of 8 or less a safe and strong method is to use 2x8 framed 16 on center.
