It depends on the type of your roof frame.
Attic truss design with dormer.
Span of the truss pitch tile type and room width and height required.
Minera roof trusses can supply your complete package which will include attic trusses standard trusses dormer trusses on request and all loose timber infills to dormer keylite roof windows and staircase sections.
To construct half stories built into the roof that have large dormers or shed roof style openings out of the roof.
Attic truss design manufacturing.
The special advantage of attic trusses is that they enable the upper floor of a building to be totally contained within the roof increasing the habitable area by 40 50 at.
A stick framed roof with an attic has room for adding a dormer while a truss framed roof doesn t have any attic space to add a dormer to.
Many builders also think that stick framing is cheaper than using engineered roof trusses.
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The details we require for pricing your enquiry for attic trusses include.
When considering room in the roof trusses for your project thought should be put into the positions of dormer windows and roof lights along with the staircases and any other openings.
You can still add a purely decorative make believe dormer to a truss framed roof but not a real dormer.
Misconceptions of stick framing.