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Garage Roof Truss Construction

Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses. Custom-ordered for size from Canada, the trusses will create enough additional space to give the homeowner a bonus room in the center. The truss system makes it possible to span a greater distance without additional structural support members breaking up the open space in the garage area below.

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Garage Roof Truss Construction

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" Now Ted the rest of the house is stick built all the all the roof systems are just rafters how come we switched over. To have trusses here for the garage roof because we're able to whatever room and attic truss together which actually gives as a bonus room right hand so that this. Area that we're looking at in the middle here. What do you like a storage loft in the about it right it costs could be a home office and if one chose to make it that way now is their cost savings. To doing it stick built. There's really not much cost savings except fresh -- the fan as safe distance. But we don't have any much -- that have bothered -- got a free span in the garage right. So the boom is a real help in getting low load up to the work area. And now the framers can just. Slide them over into place but. Okay. So be spaced 24 inches apart right Ted yes they got my point on sun -- and of course it looks like we've got a funny flat topped French roof but. And they make the trusses in two pieces. And this will be added later this is the basic peak. The gable what do they do that. -- because of hauling over the roads answered requirements that queasy is going down the rather upside down -- and he had -- on their feet dragon threat made up all right. Okay let's watch him get another one up. All right second other prominent place put the spacers on temporarily so there's depth. And give them an hour they'll have the roof sis sis sis sis sis sis sis sis --"

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