Putting Up Roof Trusses By Hand

Having enough helpers and having the 2x6 truss blocks already installed really helped mak.

Putting up roof trusses by hand.

On saturday august 6 to help install the roof trusses. Dad mike and i got up around 7 00 a m. If you are installing the trusses with hand then it is very much important use effective tools to join all members perfectly. When you are installing roof trusses by hand it is important to use efficient tools for joining all of the members perfectly.

Dad came up on friday night august 5 and mike s sister and brother in law kathy and mike weissner were due to arrive at 8 00 a m. It s basically a 2 4 with a 6 8 inch v shaped crotch cut into the end. We set these 32 foot trusses by hand without help of any equipment. To make it easier you should carefully lift the truss upside down so that it can be turned right into place once they are above the roof.

Start on one side of the building structure and set the truss against the wall. Write on a spare sheet of paper or a section of exposed wood. Now when you are done with construction of roof trusses the only thing that you have to do is to take them to the roof safely. For example the width of the building may be 72 75 inches 184 8 cm.

For this you can use metal gusset plates and attach these with the help of nails and glue. I made it to the end of turkey hollow. These 1 3 wooden strips are used to hold the trusses temporarily in place on a 24 layout. Workers manually move the first truss to the end of the roof and stand it up positioning it on the corresponding number on the wall plate.

I like to cut these at 30 so the ends don t split once you nail them in place. I decided to head into town at about 7 10 to get some ice. If you do not have a crane for lifting then all your work must be perfect prior to lifting the trusses to the top floor. Measure as precisely as possible down to the 1 4 inch 0 64 cm 1 8 inch 0 32 cm or 1 16 inch 0 16 cm.