Rolling the trusses of the garage roof

The trusses hold up the roof of a building. Delivery of the trusses for the garage were delayed, so everyone was thrilled when they arrived, partly for the fact that the procedure for installing them, called rolling, was complicated.

A crane lifted all of them at one time onto the garage walls, then workers separated them and moved them individually toward the front of the garage. It took the concentration and coordination of three guys, one of whom, the apprentice, played a critical role.

He stood on a rolling scaffolding holding up the center of the truss. He remained steady as his partners pulled the truss along, carefully steadying himself on the shaky platform. When a truss reached its position, the guys at each end rotated it to vertical, while he held it in place. You may be able to tell he wasn't thrilled with his critical role.

After all the trusses were placed and nailed tight, the structure looked like a real building. Then the guys nailed on sheathing for the underlayment of the roof.