Making Roof Trusses And Joints

Support trusses at the joints when raising.

Making roof trusses and joints.

Slide trusses into position and rotate into place. Photo courtesy of the truss plate institute a roof truss simply put is a wooden frame that supports the roof of a built structure like a shed. Cut plywood gusset plates to fasten together lightweight trusses. Do this by nailing the triangular gusses to the rafters.

Now assembly of your roof trusses can finally begin. Fashion your own set of plywood gusset plates by cutting thick sheets of plywood to fit over each site where one joist meets another. The very first step for building roof trusses is to prepare a design layout that can be sketched by a professional architect or can also be done by using a software that is specifically meant to design a roof truss. The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape.

Gusset plates are used to secure the connections between the individual truss components. Build your own roof trusses. There are many ways to design and connect trusses and shed builders often have their own techniques and styles. Metal plate connectors are meant to be hydraulically pressed into roof truss joints.

Things you ll need pencil paper sawn lumber tape measure circular saw hammer gusset plates nails.