Garage storage attached to house framing

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Garage – Storage Attached to House Framing

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overhead storage should not overload the house structure
garage truss
garage door

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The illustration shows a garage interior with exposed wood wall framing and roof trusses above a sectional garage door. An overhead storage platform along the left side holds boxes and is suspended from the framing by vertical wood members. The drawing shows the storage load being carried by the building framing rather than by supports extending to the floor. A caution states that overhead storage should not overload the house structure; no actual structural damage is depicted.