Roof Trusses and Dry In Are Complete

Building Sarasota luxury custom homes in the summer has its challenges and one of the best ways to overcome those challenges is to get under roof as quickly as possible. The other challenge is keeping material fresh and safe from environmental factors such as rain and sun as much as possible.

With these goals in mind trusses are delivered to the job site the day before we need them. A crane arrives the next day and the trusses are “flown” to the second floor where they are being installed. Our masonry team uses embedded straps to attach the trusses to the structure. These straps are installed by the masonry contractor according to a truss layout and attached to the trusses at installation.

If done properly this is not only an exercise in making the home stronger but also in saving our homeowners money since the straps do not have to be installed by carpenters. It also makes the installation of trusses go much quicker. On this 6,000 sq ft home, truss installation takes a single day. Below is a time-lapse of a similarly sized job completed a few years ago.

Creating a Strong Roof

There are multiple things we do to strengthen the roof through material selection and installation and if you are interested in learning about those things please set up a time to review a job with us! There’s a lot that we do that is special and unique to our business and based on our experience building luxury custom homes in Sarasota for over thirty eight years.

Cover it Up!

As soon as the trusses are up the roof is sheathed with plywood and nailed off over the next couple of days. Its then inspected. As soon as the inspection is passed our roofer is ready to install underlayment. This all happens in quick succesion, wood doesn’t fair well in weather and the idea is to have it exposed for as little time as possible. Over the course of eight days all this work has been completed.