How To Install Roof Trusses On A Pole Barn

The most common method employed is laying the purlin flat typically a 2 4 and nailing to the truss with two 20d galvanized ring shank nails.

How to install roof trusses on a pole barn.

These pole barn trusses are much harder to set in place and the greater spacing can displace the load causing the trusses to fail. First set an accurate string line to mark your hole locations. We will be doing a diy video of a 30 x 40 pole barn next that will be very descriptive of how to square the site ho. Loading like snow load wind loft ceiling or attic loads are all considerations when a truss is designed.

Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space. After augering holes to the depth shown in your plans place a temporary board perpendicular to the column to suspend the pole off the bottom of the hole allowing concrete to surround the post underneath the column and around the pole. Having enough helpers and having the 2x6 truss blocks already installed really helped mak. This is the first video of many to come.

Then i go through and install my runners along the bottom. Beware of kits that space their pole barn trusses more than 4 on center. Our pole barn trusses are engineered to be placed 4 on center. We set these 32 foot trusses by hand without help of any equipment.

A roof truss is a triangular shaped two force member structure made of dimensional lumber designed to withstand anticipated loads at your building site. Now that the trusses are installed i make sure all the poles are plumb and headers are straight. This method is used for trusses designed to be closer together from 2 on center up to a maximum of 5 on center.