The lyons used a web of 16 inch deep engineered trusses to accommodate wiring plumbing and ductwork then topped the plywood subfloor with oak or tile.
Finishing a trussed attic.
It may take 2 to 3 coats to cover the new drywall.
Most codes require a specified minimum amount of headroom and it s tough to meet this requirement when insulating a finished attic especially since most codes require insulation equal to r 38 or more.
Nail them to the rafters and angle nail the center support to the top edge of the horizontal brace.
Before you put up wallpaper or decorate.
If the roof slope is steeper than 9 inches in 12 inches of run it doesn t take much width to end up with a nice room 12 feet wide with an 8 foot ceiling.
Finishing the attic 1.
Attic floors generally need to be reinforced with additional joists and a subfloor.
If you have this type of roof framing you cannot finish your attic without rebuilding the roof.
I have this above my own garage.
Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss.
To meet all three goals insulating your finished attic ventilating the roof and maximizing headroom use a combination of dense batt insulation rigid foam sheeting and air chutes.
Prime and paint the walls.
Spend extra on the ceiling.
Cut a 2 by 4 to fit horizontally from rafter to rafter on each truss.
Your attic is now ready for finishing.
Instinctively eyes will be drawn to the sloped ceiling in most attics so it s a good.
By contrast conventional trusses have supports called webbing that zigzag through the attic space.