Setting Roof Trusses With Crane

Typically the contractor sets most or all of the trusses on the side of the.

Setting roof trusses with crane.

Here are some tips to install hip roofing. This area gets covered with tyvek along with the rest of the gable. Gable ends you ll need to get these out of the stack to hand set them or to sheet them with plywood for when the crane. It then gets wire lathe and 5 8 of stucco.

Common rafters should be measured according to the roof s pitch angle then cut into perfect shape and installed at a distance 20 inches apart across the wall jack rafters should also be placed 20 inches apart across the wall. He lifts the next truss and props it up with his hammer then loops the crane cable around it. Girders trusses like these support the weight of. Setting the first trusses every step of the truss installation follows explicit instructions from the manufacturer.

Using a crane to do the heavy lifting also reduces the risk of injury to workers as all of the weight is taken by a machine rather than a team of workers. This guy is on the ground. Less risk of damage. Indeed hip roof trusses are a good choice when you cannot afford a crane.

Hip girder these trusses are used for a hip roofing system. Guiding the truss with a tow rope. Tossing up the piece of wood that attaches each truss to the next. Attaching the next truss to the crane.

This guy watches the plan. They need to be set by hand first so the hip jacks can be. When the framers set the trusses they pre build what they can and have the crane hoist it up while he is there to set the rest of the trusses. If you look at other houses with gable roofs you will see the same thing in most of them.