Designing and building barn roof trusses can be difficult even for somebody who is quite comfortable with basic diy.
How to build roof trusses for a pole barn.
Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space.
Use of manufactured roof trusses can dramatically cut labor costs when framing a gable roof compared to building rafters.
Why roof trusses get put up first.
Mike the pole barn guru explains why it is imperative to build the roof on a pole barn prior to installing wall girts.
The trusses are one of the most important areas of the design of any roof as they hold up the roof structure and have to be adequately strong to do so.
Trusses can be constructed with smaller sized lumber than rafters and often their cost is not significantly higher than normal rafters.
This video shows how to get the structure ready to set trusses.
Check out the rest of the projects for detailed instructions on how to make the post frame for the shed.
Each do it yourself pole barn kit sold by diy pole barns includes wood pole barn trusses ranging anywhere from 12 feet to 40 feet wide depending on the structure.
I am frequently asked questions regarding our wood trusses.
For a complete mat.
This is the fourth in a series on how to build a pole barn or pole garage.
The process is however no different to building roof trusses for any other kind of building including a house.