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From the second picture and your opening statement, For permitting purposes, I think the structure was categorized as the "garage with attic for other uses (non-sleeping)", and designed accordingly.

For the open space between the vertical truss hangers/posts, the code allowsspecifies a minimum of 40 psf design live load-load on top of the material dead load. It could be higher, but can't be safely assumed or calculated without resorting to the original truss supplier or a structural engineer.

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From the second picture and your opening statement, For permitting purposes, I think the structure was categorized as the "garage with attic for other uses (non-sleeping)", and designed accordingly.

For the open space between the vertical truss hangers/posts, the code allows a 40 psf live load on top of the material dead load. It could be higher, but can't be safely assumed or calculated without resorting to the original truss supplier or a structural engineer.

enter image description here

From the second picture and your opening statement, For permitting purposes, I think the structure was categorized as the "garage with attic for other uses (non-sleeping)", and designed accordingly.

For the open space between the vertical truss hangers/posts, the code specifies a minimum of 40 psf design live-load on top of the material dead load. It could be higher, but can't be safely assumed or calculated without resorting to the original truss supplier or a structural engineer.

enter image description here

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From the second picture and your opening statement, For permitting purposes, I think the structure was categorized as the "garage with attic for other uses (non-sleeping)", and designed accordingly.

For the open space between the vertical truss hangers/posts, the code allows a 40 psf live load on top of the material dead load. It could be higher, but can't be safely assumed or calculated without resorting to the original truss supplier or a structural engineer.

enter image description here