Open Gambrel Roof Trusses

Gambrel roof truss systems are not only visually appealing but they are also useful.

Open gambrel roof trusses.

Shop roof trusses spacer floor truss. A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions. The utilization of gambrel roof trusses on roofs goes back hundreds of years in american structural planning to the soonest archived utilization being in the 1600s. Over 51 sizes styles in stock.

Up to 40 open framing for plumbing. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks. The starwood gambrel rafter can be used to give your building the classic barn look or can be used for an economical storage solution. Gambrel roof trusses are a popular style used often in barn or garage construction.

Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. Shop floor trusses spacer post frame truss. Either use our standard design or we can custom build to your design. Standard truss centers will be on 10 centers.

If plywood is used the rule of thumb is 3 4 to match the thickness of the sandwiched rafter. In barns the gambrel style helps in creating plenty of storage room in a lofted space. Custom trusses up to 100 span. The shape of the truss allows the structure to be open providing a free open space.

In the us a gambrel roof is regularly erroneously called a hipped roof and shows up on homes in a style alluded to as dutch colonial. With that said when designing gambrel roof it s very important to consider wind load and other load factors because of the odd angled shape and not having ceiling collar ties you have increased chance for rafter movement under wl ll and dl so the gussets must be sized correctly if not your roof. A gambrel room in attic truss also provides extra living space while giving your roof a barn like appearance. The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14.

Design is flexible enough to fit your own design needs. The double bend in the trusses makes for a more spacious area that affords more usable square footage than the average roof truss. Compare click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list add to list click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to your list sku 1889754.