Travis Brungardt walks through the complexities of a site-built truss on a renovation addition to a nearly century-old home. The project demands replicating existing roofline details while creating usable interior volume — something a standard prefabricated truss can't accommodate given the discontinuous ridges, multiple ridge heights, and dormers in play. The build requires managing an unconventional order of operations, working in the air without a completed floor system, and navigating tedious bolted connections that introduce thermal bridging at the exterior. Custom hardware from Simpson Strong-Tie helps facilitate the structural connections, but the process is slow and demands careful coordination between framers, engineers, and suppliers.

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