Finishing Attic Space With Trusses

If you have trusses it will be next to impossible to reconfigure them to allow for clear space.

Finishing attic space with trusses.

If you have this type of roof framing you cannot finish your attic without rebuilding the roof. The space is 12 feet wide and ceiling height is 8 feet. This is the end wall of the attic above my garage. Trusses w shaped framing that supports the roof make things harder.

This framing style typically provides the most open space in an attic. You can t simply cut out or alter these supports without seriously undermining the integrity of the roof structure. If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light storage you can install inch plywood or. Rafters internal beams extending from the peak of the roof to its eaves provide a center open space that you can readily remodel.

Trusses are considered a superior method of framing a roof because of the additional support. The structural framing beneath your roof rafters or trusses will determine if you can add an attic bedroom and what it might look like. I didn t build this house but the architect did everyone a favor by making the vast space above the 40 foot long garage out of attic trusses. Ironically though it s the rafters that provide a better environment for an attic conversion because of the clear space.