Check the box beside attic truss.
Attic storage between tresses.
On the general panel of the roof truss specification dialog.
Scrap of plywood over the chords and set about 40 lbs.
Don t use 5 8 plywood as it only adds more weight.
Had you incorporated a full sized attic truss in your roof i ll bet you could have created a 15 wide by 30 foot long room for less than 1 350.
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.
That means you could lay a 2 x 4 ft.
Change the bottom chord depth to match your floor structure depth for floor 2.
The center webs are usually spread wider to allow for storage in the center of the truss.
Instead of piling all of your boxes in the middle use the space between your trusses.
Spread web storage trusses are engineered to have a small area to allow storage within.
Trusses can be designed to produce an open attic as shown in the picture.
Select the roof truss and click the open object edit button.
Use common sense and do not overload the trusses.
The horizontal bottom chords of most garage trusses are designed to carry the weight of drywall and insulation.
In this case 11 7 8 will be used.
This same truss framed as a light storage truss costs just 87.
So if your ceiling is unfinished you have some excess carrying capacity up there.
Typically this type of upgrade will run you about 2 a square foot.
Then the remaining floor space can hold big ticket items like that christmas tree you refuse to take apart.
This storage area is not meant for occupancy but allows for storage up to 25 pounds per square foot.
Is a safe estimate.
Of stuff on it.
Reducing the amount you can safely store.
Some roofs are framed with special storage trusses that leave an open central space suitable for storage.
Check the box beside force truss rebuild.
We specified attic trusses and ended up with a storage area in the attic that is approximately 48 long by 18 wide.
Use 3 8 or 1 2 plywood if you have to lay something down and lay it perpendicular to the truss chords.