Depending on the age of your home, it either has rafters or trusses, with trusses being found in most residential garages today. This creates a pyramid-shaped roof. Unless you have a room directly over your garage, a combination of ceiling-to-floor truss systems will usually support up to ...
Balloon framing is cheaper than scissor trussing because it uses less material, but it doesn’t offer as much support in windy weather conditions. Scissor trusses are more expensive to build due to their use of more material, but they provide better support against high winds and heavy snow l...
this form of steel truss is commonly used to roof over large areas and for bridges. A variation of the Pratt truss is the Howe truss, which has its diagonals pointing down toward the ends of the truss instead of toward the center, and it is also used for heavy-duty bridges and large-...