How To Convert Your Attic Roof Trusses
Cut a 2 by 4 to fit horizontally from rafter to rafter on each truss.
How to convert your attic roof trusses. By doing that you will make an easier yet more available height to use above the staircase. If the roof slope is steeper than 9 inches in 12 inches of run it doesn t take much width to end up with a nice room 12 feet wide with an 8 foot. Attic conversions are now possible by replacing the truss rafters with a shaped trusses or horizontal beams which in return create additional space. The most ideal place would be in line with the roof ridge.
This completes the reframing process. The role of the horizontal beam is to tie the truss together and carry the load that would otherwise be sustained by the support and vertical timber also known as the king post. Your attic is now ready for finishing. Nail them to the rafters and angle nail the center support to the top edge of the horizontal brace.
Generally you can only add as many as 16 steps for the staircase while it only requires 13 steps in most cases. You can add a staircase for the conversion. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. The sad fact is your builder could have installed attic trusses over this garage for just slightly more than what the existing trusses cost.