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Can I install a ceiling? stryped 10-13-2009
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Posted by stryped on October 13, 2009, 11:06 am
My detached garage with metal siding has 2x4 trusses spaced 4 feet on
center. Can I install a ceiling or will this be too much weight and
cause sagging/or other problems?
Posted by fftt on October 13, 2009, 11:13 am
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Depends on:
1) whether the trusses were designed to take a ceiling load
2) what type of ceiing you have in mind
very difficult to tell from here w/o more info
fyi
http://www.managemyhome.com/mmh/authored/articles/Roof+Trusses
cheers
Bob
Posted by RicodJour on October 13, 2009, 12:29 pm
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4' on center? What's on top of the trusses that's spanning 4'? With
that spacing - a likely cost saving measure - it's unlikely there's a
lot of leeway in the load handling capabilities of the roof framing.
You'd have to frame a ceiling before you could cover it, and with 4'
between trusses that wouldn't be easy to do with a light structure.
The lightest ceiling I could think of would be the plastic corrugated
roofing stuff, and that would still sag a bunch with 4' spacing.
Posted by Twayne on October 13, 2009, 1:21 pm
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A hanging ceiling is very light and could likely be used. Don't know
about adding lights to it though. Check with your local code office.
No one here can tell you for sure.
Posted by stryped on October 13, 2009, 1:46 pm
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This is a 30 x30 garage with a metal roof. I think it is a 3 or 4 12
pitch. My ideas was to add 2x4's every 4 feet between trusses and use
7/16 osb for a ceiling. If everyone here thinks it might sag or is a
bad idea, I thought abotu using 4x8 insulated panels? I wonder how
that would look?
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