How to construct the wall in the gable of a house with an attic?

[Martin Lj]

If one plans to furnish the attic in a single-story house and therefore uses scissors trusses, what does the construction of the house's gable look like then?

Spontaneously, I think that the gable will consist of a scissors truss reinforced below with vertical studs from the bottom of the truss down to the wall plate. Is that correct thinking or how is it done?

 

[Ingenjören]

One can do that, but it is more common to just build a partition wall all the way up to the roof sheathing.
The truss can be an unnecessarily expensive way to build a wall since a truss with posts underneath doesn't serve any function as a truss...

 

[Martin Lj]

You can do so, but it's more common to just build a regular wall all the way up to the roof sheathing. Trusses can be an unnecessarily expensive way to build a wall since a truss with posts underneath doesn't serve any function as a truss...

Ok, that sounds smoother. So you simply skip trusses on both gables, and the first trusses come 60cm in from the gable on both sides?

 

[Ingenjören]

Yes, or more commonly 1200mm if the snow load is not so high that you can't manage the traditional roof truss spacing.
If you have a wide house with a steep roof pitch, other solutions may be required because the gable height can become higher than the available timber beam lengths...