"Bullwinkle J. Moose" wrote in message
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I know you guys have used trusses before so question is, what's the proper
way to get the length? What I'm meaning to say is, are the overhangs
included in the measurement? Outside wall to outside wall is 20 feet.
Would
I order a 20 foot truss or would it be a 22 foot truss. The extra 2 feet
is
a foot overhang on each side. Snow and ice has recently collapsed my dads
garage roof. I've never used trusses before. Thanks.




Are you going to build them yourself or have a truss company build them for
you?

If you are going to order them, I would measure the distance from wall to
wall, and discuss the options with the truss company like the optimum pitch
to allow the snow to slide off the roof and the amount of overhang you want.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.