Designing a new garage

[North Dakota]

Hello all in the process of drawing up my plans for my build next spring. I was curious what everyone's opinion is on truss spacing? I've heard so much I'm kinda at a loss and don't know what will look best with the finished garage

Thank you!

 

[matt_i]

24" on-center is my recommendation. Meshes easily with roof sheathing and drywall.

This is a Simpson product you can buy to enforce the spacing without cutting your own blocking.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson...zed-Truss-Spacer-Restraint-TSBR2-24/202832693

 

[North Dakota]

I was leaning toward 24" oc my walls are going to be that on the second floor so it'll just line up after I put on the second top plate

 

[DJF3]

I believe it will be up to the truss manufacturers engineer. Or your local building code. In my case, when I built 6 years ago it was 24" on center. Now I've taken that structure down and will be reusing the trusses. The new build is 19.2 on center. This is a 7/12 pitch tin roof. It will also depend on your snow load.

 

[nadogail]

What do you want your truss spacing to be? If the trusses are stout enough they can be quite widely spaced.

Current practice seems to favor 24 inch spacing but with heavy timbers or steel wider spacing is often used.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

I believe it will be up to the truss manufacturers engineer. Or your local building code. In my case, when I built 6 years ago it was 24" on center. Now I've taken that structure down and will be reusing the trusses. The new build is 19.2 on center. This is a 7/12 pitch tin roof. It will also depend on your snow load.

This^^^
Or; you can go over and above- just can't go less

 

[u2slow]

I didn't specify stud or truss spacing. I left it up to the engineer and builder. I got 24" spacing on the trusses.

I believe the trusses were designed for basic snow load for my area, but because I chose sheet-metal, it slides off almost immediately. (6/12 pitch).

 

[Yankeefarmer]

It will generally be based on snow loads and codes. However, also consider whether you plan to insulate and/or drywall the bottom chord of the truss. If you’ll be doing this, 24” spacing facilitates using available width batts or tools, and is about the limit for sheetrocking without adding additional framing.