Attic Cross Braces

Every so often i ll crawl into an attic without any attic bracing.

Attic cross braces.

Moving wiring runs in attic. Then remove the headknockers. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. In this video we cover how to brace a conventionally framed roof and why it is important to do so.

You can strengthen the roof to prevent damage by adding braces to the roof rafters inside your attic. How much weight will a 2x4 joist attic hold. Click the images to enlarge into a new window. Tap a small nail into the side of the rafter at that point.

Cross bracing truss clusters at both gable ends and at least every 20 include cross bracing red of truss clusters. Attic fan and whole house fan. The partial images below show these critical components and their recommended placement. Step 2 hang a plumb bob from the nail and mark the point where it touches the joist below the rafter using a pencil.

You will learn some great tricks for using braces to keep. This is a fairly basic project that can help protect your roof but consult a structural. One kind is used if you are going to finish the attic to provide living space. Cross bracing and strong arms are always used as trusses are assembled.

The other is just used to support the trusses. Let s start our discussion by looking at the proper way to brace an attic. My guess is that if you pull the collar tie you ll find they re fastened to the rafter with a few small nails. If it was my attic i would put framing angles a la simpson strong tie between the rafters and ridge beam and bolt the angles through the ridge beam to tie the opposing rafters together.

Normally the cross bracing is on top of the trusses and removed as the sheathing is added but i have seen some under the trusses but usually perpendicular to the truss near the top. Measure the length of one of your rafters and mark the rafter at its midpoint. Usually these are older home built in the 30 s through the 50 s however i ve seen inadequate attic bracing on homes of all ages.