An attic knee wall is a short wall that extends from the floor of an attic room to the roof rafters.
Attic truss with knee wall.
If you aren t sure whether or not your attic contains knee walls go and look around the edges.
You can see the image below for an example of a knee wall.
I can match that no problem.
Most people don t finish out the whole attic area all the way out to the exterior wall but build a little knee wall that s anywhere from 4 to 6 foot tall to cut the area off.
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On the roof panel of the wall specification dialog select knee wall to specify these walls as knee walls.
If that s the case i can build a truss that is identical to what you have in mind.
Unlike other kinds of knee walls this kind of wall extends all the way to the rafters but because of the slope of the roof it is shorter than a full height wall.
On the general panel of the room specification dialog select attic from the room type drop down list.
Next click the select objects button then click on one of the rooms with a low sloped ceiling and click the open object edit button.
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Knee walls are short usually wooden walls installed around the sides of an attic where the rafters meet the floor.
The knee wall forms the wall of the attic room and it also creates an enclosed space under the eaves behind the wall.
What are knee walls.