Ok , I kinda figured that was gonna be imposable to read. One thing I hate about this house is no internet connection. Everything is off my phone , or a laptop in conjunction with my wifes hotspot , and no mouse! All slow and impossible to maneuver.
From the pic you can probabaly make out some points I do have questions on . The lower square is the inlaw setup , the upper rectangle is the main house . My measurements were taken from outside of stud to outside of stud in the basement . In a perfect world I would assume the stud layout should end up the same on the second floor , for a truss length I would have to take the outside stud demsion and add to it the sheathing thickness on both sides correct?
My big question , I know the dimensions are not legiable....but the main house steps out 8" for some reason towards the top 18'8" of the floor plan . Can I just install the exact same size trusses on the second floor and build the new wall accordingly to accept them? I would then have to weather in the 8" exposed on the outside at the 2nd floor 'floor level' .
obviously you wouldn't stager the ridge line . Or would the lumber yard make a truss to take that into account and I build the walls with the exact OD of the first floor?
From the pic you can probabaly make out some points I do have questions on . The lower square is the inlaw setup , the upper rectangle is the main house . My measurements were taken from outside of stud to outside of stud in the basement . In a perfect world I would assume the stud layout should end up the same on the second floor , for a truss length I would have to take the outside stud demsion and add to it the sheathing thickness on both sides correct?
My big question , I know the dimensions are not legiable....but the main house steps out 8" for some reason towards the top 18'8" of the floor plan . Can I just install the exact same size trusses on the second floor and build the new wall accordingly to accept them? I would then have to weather in the 8" exposed on the outside at the 2nd floor 'floor level' .
obviously you wouldn't stager the ridge line . Or would the lumber yard make a truss to take that into account and I build the walls with the exact OD of the first floor?