Making Roof Trusses And Joints

Cut plywood gusset plates to fasten together lightweight trusses.

Making roof trusses and joints.

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. The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape. 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. Build your own roof trusses.

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

Things you ll need pencil paper sawn lumber tape measure circular saw hammer gusset plates nails. Slide trusses into position and rotate into place. Do this by nailing the triangular gusses to the rafters. The second step in building a roof truss is to prepare the materials needed.

Individual trusses should always be carried vertically to avoid lateral stress and damage to the joints.