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Attic Trusses - Huge Advantages
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Aug 4, 2022
http://www.AsktheBuilder.com founder, Tim Carter, shows off the attic trusses used to create a giant room in his daughter's new home.
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Hi, I'm Tim Carter, AskTheFilter.com and I am up in the attic of my daughter's new home and this
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giant room was created with prefabricated roof attic trusses. They have so many advantages and
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I'm pretty sure you're going to consider using them in your next home or big remodeling job
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after watching this video. Roof trusses made in a climate-controlled factory are
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held together by special metal plates. They were invented in the 1950s and
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revolutionized the way roofs are framed. Today's modern computer software allows for just about any size and shape to be built using roof trusses. If you can
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dream it, the truss plant designer can likely make it a reality. Truss designs
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using special trusses even allow you to create a typical staircase leading up to
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the attic space. You might think that could only be done with one of the
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flimsy pull-down staircases that go in between two normal trusses. Roof trusses
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that span from one exterior wall to another eliminate the need for bearing
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walls. This gives lots of flexibility for a future change to the floor plan. You can
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design a truss so it allows more insulation in the attic where the roof passes over the exterior
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wall. This will save you lots of money and can help prevent those wretched ice dams. This house
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is using attic trusses that create huge rooms inside the triangle shape of the truss. Attic
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trusses can be made at any of today truss manufacturing facilities You just need to ask for them Cutting technology helps create a truss design that next to impossible for carpenters to create in the field using the same
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size lumber. Roof trusses are also very easy to install, requiring fewer skilled workers. As a
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result, the trusses go up really fast. The trusses on my daughter's home were installed in just one
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day. Houses built with trusses can get under roof faster so your new home stays dry. You'll save
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money by getting the house finished faster too. Another benefit of manufactured roof trusses is
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they make the best use of all the raw materials resulting in minimal waste of natural resources
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You might have known about roof trusses but my guess is you didn't know about the flexibility
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that attic trusses can provide. Guess what? You can even get storage trusses that create an open
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space in low-slope roofs. I would visit bestwaytoframe.com right now to discover more about
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roof trusses. If you want to know the best place closest to you to order your new storage or attic
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trusses, visit bestwaytoframe.com. I'm Tim Carter, askthebuilder.com. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to askthebuilder.com
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