Joining Roof Trusses Together

How to tie building roof systems into one another.

Joining roof trusses together.

With trusses it is possible to prefabricate the pieces needed into modular frames that can be installed every 24 inches to frame a roof with much less time. They join at the peak of the roof by connecting to the opposing rafter or to a ridge beam that runs the length of the peak of the house or shed. Trusses like rafters form the profile of the structure s roof. There are many roof.

However occasionally they are delivered in sections and must be joined on site. In traditional framing the roof is built stick by stick. Rafters are installed piece by piece during the construction of the roof. If the new sister bears on wood at least 1 5 on each end then you re good to go.

The most common mistakes in this method would be not nailing the sisters together good enough inadequate bearing on one side or another the truss companies use a gang nail to splice wood together pictured at left. If your roof rafter connectors will not be visible after your construction project is completed it may be possible to connect these rafters together using a rafter splicing technique you will want to check your local building codes before undertaking this type of construction as there are very specific ways that roof rafters can and cannot be spliced together.