Remove Interior Wall Of Prefab House Truss Roof

Because the marriage wall is really two walls joined together it is 2 to 4 inches thicker than most interior walls in the remainder of the modular home and in site built homes.

Remove interior wall of prefab house truss roof.

Directly under the center king post and gusset plate where the bottom cord attach together. Residentiall roof trusses are designed to bear only on the exterior walls at each end of the span. If the wall you want to remove is at a right angle to the floor joists stop. Since it is a truss system roof.

We usually build on the exterior walls set the trusses and do all of the chord blocking and truss bracing before buildin. First determine if the wall you want to remove is a load bearing wall meaning it supports the floor above. Most simple construction truss roof home s roof and trusses are supported by the exterior walls perpendicular to the trusses. This is a structural load bearing wall.

1 when the home has an l or t shape there may be an interior bearing wall under the intersection of the perpendicular rows of trusses. Is it true that you can remove any walls from the interior with out fear of roof sag or worse collapse. But there are five possible exceptions to look out for. This is one of the many reasons that modular homes are considerably stronger than typical site built homes.

While this article focuses on configurations we also have a very cool set of illustrations showcasing the different parts anatomy of roof trusses. Look at the wall for electrical outlets switches etc. The wall that i intend to remove is in the middle of the truss system.