2x4 Truss Attic Storage

Some roofs are framed with special storage trusses that leave an open central space suitable for storage.

2x4 truss attic storage. 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. From what i ve been reading the trusses are not designed to support storage and i need to get a structural engineer s on site opinion as to what all needs done. First adding weight to the top of the bottom 2 4 that makes up the truss is a big no no. If the roof structure of your home was designed with prefabricated trusses your attic was definitely not designed for any storage.

Finally make sure stored items are securely locked in place. This same truss framed as a light storage truss costs just 87. A regular common truss with a 24 foot span and a 10 12 roof pitch with no storage space costs 69 in my market at this time. This goes for manufactured roof trusses the kind assembled with metal gussets if you have traditional site built roof framing your storage capacity depends on the design of the framing.

Reinforcing garage attic trusses for storage area i have an attic above my two car garage that i have been using as a storage area. Originally i just put loose boards down over the horizontal 2x4 base of the trusses. 2 215 4 truss attic storage november 10 2018 by zamira leave a comment trussed rafter technical manual ci 2018 wfcm garage roof trusses slubne suknie info attic. There are several reasons for this.

I m going to put down some osb in a small 4x8 spanning three bottom chords section of the warren style 2x4 trussed 24 oc attic in my townhome. If you want a full blown attic truss with a room the cost of a single truss is just 158.