Hanging Truss From Ceiling

Truss manufacturers and structural engineers design the distance between trusses.

Hanging truss from ceiling.

To give you a little background i have a two story home with my master bedroom directly above the garage. Climb a sturdy ladder or step stool so you can comfortably reach. Any weight imposed on the end truss is directly transferred to the endwall which transfers the weight to the. For direct application of drywall for less than 12 inch or 16 inch trusses you should nail the drywall with 1.

Picture if you will. Hanging from hollow drywall or plaster 1. A typical load is 5 and 10 pounds per square foot. It s often used for cellars and long hallways.

Measure and mark where the toggle bolts will go. The clips attach to the tops of the interior wall partitions and are then fastened through the slots to the trusses. Anchor a heavy object to the ceiling with a toggle bolt. We can only do this at gigs if the place has beams on the ceiling.

When building a new house the framing contractor should secure the interior partitions to the trusses with truss clips. If you do not have another floor above the ceiling trusses may only be able to hang a maximum of 10 lbs sqft. The fasteners are not driven tight so as to allow for movement of the truss. 12 inches on centers oc if.

The trusses are made using 2 14 2x4 s spanning the entire 28 distance there is a beam smack dab in the middle where the trusses are fabbed together with 1 2 plywood gusset. These trusses are positioned on the top plate of the endwall so the entire bottom chord is supported by the wall. The dead load on the bottom chord of a truss varies with the weight of materials attached to it such as drywall on the ceiling. A structural engineer can determine whether how much weight your garage ceiling can safely support.

This has a characteristic barrel shaped ceiling. A ceiling that runs 28 wide and 38 long with a 6 beam running perpendicular down the middle of the trusses bottom of trusses. All weight hanging from the truss has to be added to the existing dead load. End trusses close in the end of a building and provide a nailing surface for the upper end wall or rigid sheathing.

In order to create the semi cylindrical appearance for the ceiling this truss would need many small pieces of wood framed together. If the total weight exceeds the load limit of the truss then the truss is compromised.