Putting Up Roof Trusses By Hand

These 1 3 wooden strips are used to hold the trusses temporarily in place on a 24 layout.

Putting up roof trusses by hand. 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. I made it to the end of turkey hollow. 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. For example the width of the building may be 72 75 inches 184 8 cm.

I like to cut these at 30 so the ends don t split once you nail them in place. When you are installing roof trusses by hand it is important to use efficient tools for joining all of the members perfectly. 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.

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. It s basically a 2 4 with a 6 8 inch v shaped crotch cut into the end. Write on a spare sheet of paper or a section of exposed wood. I decided to head into town at about 7 10 to get some ice.

Use a pencil to jot the width down somewhere. It s used to safely handle and flip trusses by hand. We set these 32 foot trusses by hand without help of any equipment. 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.

On saturday august 6 to help install the roof trusses. Dad mike and i got up around 7 00 a m. Having enough helpers and having the 2x6 truss blocks already installed really helped mak. For this you can use metal gusset plates and attach these with the help of nails and glue.