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Default Above Garage Attic Storage


waynesho wrote:
The Roof Trusses above my garage are 2x4 construction (home built 5 years
ago. The span is approaximately 25 feet and are on 24" Centers (multiple
V's in the truss, and it is an extremly high pitch, 10 feet plus height at
the center). Additionally as the home is in NY State the fire code
necessitated double layer 5/8" fire retardant drywall. I only want to
store lawn furniture (light weight aluminum and seat cushions), but to do
that I would want to lay down plywood, aproximately 8 feet wide better the
V's of the truss in the center where I would have the plywood floor.
Will this be safe?

Thank you in advance for any answers or sugesstions to make it usable
storage.



Roof Trusses are just that..... roof trusses for supporting the roof
& garage ceiling.

that said often times the trusses are very deep because the chosen roof
/ ceiling geometry

so the truss design is driven by geometry considerations (not load or
deflection) so there can be lots of excess capacity

in any case I would put much up there until I calc'd it or had someone
else do it.

cheers
Bob