How To Remove Trussing To Make Attic

I am in the process of adding some plywood decking to the floor of part of my attic which is built from webbing style trusses.

How to remove trussing to make attic.

What may seem like an easy diy project can cost you time extra money to buy or rent the correct equipment and perhaps a large disposal cost. To get a quick idea of what you re trying to do you can get a drawing of the truss that should have been installed above your garage when it was built. Unfortunately my home builder had framed out the attic using a common truss system utilizing 2x4 s see attached picture of exact type although my roof is much steeper and no middle non bearing wall below. In the picture below the cross brace marked with yellow arrows is a real thorn in my side impeding travel from one area to another.

Attic trusses don t cost that much more than a common truss and it s a shame more builders don t use them all the time. There s plenty of room to make a 12 x 12 room with 10 foot ceiling at its peak. Advantages to hiring a professional for attic insulation removal. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar.

However if you want to better utilize the space in your loft you may consider changing roof trusses and going for stick framing or rafters instead. Step 1 remove the existing roof the first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss.