Fink Roof Truss Load Bearing Wall

If there is a truss over the wall the wall is probably not load bearing since the truss bears the load.

Fink roof truss load bearing wall.

In this roof design the exterior walls on which the roof s sloping rafters rest are load bearing walls. Roof trusses used with pitched roofs relieve stress placed on a roof by the weight of its own material. Trusses provide weight distribution for numerous systems including roofs and floors. Although they don t bear the full weight load of the roof the gable end walls are also typically load bearing and an interior wall running parallel to the roof ridge in the center of the building often bears a load from the ridge.

If there is a column that supports the truss found in the wall the wall still would not be load bearing because the column is taking the load. Calculate the tension and compression forces on each member given the load requirements below. Calculate all angles and lengths necessary to build the truss. Interior walls might be load bearing or may not be.

Photograph the trusses draw them to scale take the pictures and elevation plan of the trusses to a reseller lumberyard and ask would a new truss like that be a clear span design if yes you can remove the wall use floating slotted clips between the top plate and truss bottom cord to reduce drywall cracking. Each truss is responsible for a 2 foot section through the roof as trusses are typically placed 24 apart and thus must carry 12 on either side. He said the chances the wall is load bearing are very small to none because the bottom plate of a fink truss is designed to be in tension not compression.