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Originally Posted by Sideshow
yes please post some info and pictures on that. I was thinking of doing it. thanks in advance.
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Sideshow and anyone else contemplating altering their building structure;
DO NOT alter roof trusses based on advice from a carpenter or contractor!
The design and analysis of trusses is very complex and unless a professional engineer has provided the alteration design for you, you are likely to create a safety and liability hazard for yourself and all subsequent owners of the property.
The zoning laws of you're community might even prohibit making that kind of alteration without a PE design. Ask your Building Inspector.
NO contractor or carpenter is knowledgeable enough to know how trusses are designed unless he is a drop out from the structural engineering profession..
Any fool can use a saw and hammer and butcher the structure and say it was (physically) easy, but it may be a time bomb waiting to collapse.
Don't take this lightly. There are lawyers standing in line just waiting for this opportunity.