Truss Roof Load Bearing Walls

Bearing walls that are carrying a roof load must transfer that load to a footing.

Truss roof load bearing walls. For example a gable end truss may be designed with support members that transmit the roof weight load outward to the side walls allowing the end wall directly below it to have breaks or openings in it that would otherwise be impossible. We usually build on the exterior walls set the trusses and do all of the chord blocking and truss bracing before buildin. Split entry truss roof is this wall load bearing. Engineered roof truss systems may be designed to eliminate the need for load bearing walls or change where the bearing walls are located.

With your trusses spanning the exterior walls for the full run of the house no interior walls will be load bearing the splices on trusses are engineered to be self supportive according to the plate sizing the fact that they land over an interior wall has nothing to do with that wall being load bearing trusses are engineered to span exterior wall to exterior wall self supporting. I ve never seen a 30 truss that needed intermediate bearing but i can t say that it has never happened. Hi folks i ve been following threads about various discussions regarding load bearing walls. For instance hanging or cutting ceiling joists adding stairways and adding attic rooms usually require the changing of non load bearing walls to load bearing walls.

Identifying if the wall is load bearing is an easy procedure. Refer to my profile photo for a picture of it i ve also attached a picture which i have wrote on to. There is a section of wall in a split entry home i recently purchased that i would like to remove. Load bearing interior wall under truss roof.

Simply look in the crawl space or basement to identify the presence of a mid point stem wall or piers crawl space or bearing wall under the wall above basement.