They re designed to support your roof not your junk.
Reinforce truss for attic storage.
Loftzone raises the height of the lower chord of the attic truss to allow full depth of attic insulation to work as intended.
Unless you have storage trusses specifically engineered for extra weight you shouldn t store anything in them.
Reinforcing garage attic trusses for storage area doityourself.
As a general rule you should be able to put reasonable storage in the roof space without added effort.
Reinforcing garage attic trusses for storage area i have an attic above my two car garage that i have been using as a storage area.
Loftzone storefloor is lightweight and very easy to install.
Garage truss attic storage weight the journal board.
Reinforce truss in garage doityourself munity forums.
Originally i just put loose boards down over the horizontal 2x4 base of the trusses.
How to modify wood and attic trusses.
Here s the official answer.
How to add attic flooring without wrecking your roof the money pit.
Boxes of books ok.
Some roofs are framed with special storage trusses that leave an open central space suitable for storage.
Access to attic storage if you want to use your attic on a regular basis or to store large items you may need to enlarge the access opening and install an access ladder or drop down stairs.
By laying a board or set of boards onto the rafters you can store many items up and out of the way.
Your attic is not suitable for storage because the bottom member of a typical truss referred to as a cord is not designed to support a storage load not because of truss movement.
If your garage has open rafters below the roof you ve got a wealth of storage space available above your head.