Open Gambrel Roof Trusses

Standard truss centers will be on 10 centers.

Open gambrel roof trusses.

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. 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. The shape of the truss allows the structure to be open providing a free open space. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides.

A gambrel room in attic truss also provides extra living space while giving your roof a barn like appearance. A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions. Design is flexible enough to fit your own design needs. A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions.

The starwood gambrel rafter can be used to give your building the classic barn look or can be used for an economical storage solution. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks. If plywood is used the rule of thumb is 3 4 to match the thickness of the sandwiched rafter. Custom trusses up to 100 span.

Over 51 sizes styles in stock. Gambrel roof trusses are a popular style used often in barn or garage construction. Widths available for straight leg version are 24 30 and 40 wide with available eave heights of 8 through 14. The double bend in the trusses makes for a more spacious area that affords more usable square footage than the average roof truss.

In barns the gambrel style helps in creating plenty of storage room in a lofted 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. Shop floor trusses spacer post frame truss. Up to 40 open framing for plumbing.

Either use our standard design or we can custom build to your design. Volume of building equal to gothic type building. The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14.