Gambrel Attic Roof Truss

Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs.

Gambrel attic roof truss.

Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. Note that the gambrel style roof allows for a larger attic space with a 9 ft. With no interior walls or support posts our engineered gambrel trussdesign optimizes useable upstairs interior space. Gambrel trusses are very popular for barns with hay storage.

Up to 40 open framing for plumbing. A gambrel room in attic truss also provides extra living space while giving your roof a barn like appearance. Gambrel trusses can also have a nice size room built in just like an attic truss. Shop roof trusses spacer floor truss.

A gambrel roof well let s face it it s a very attractive roof design but there are practical considerations as well. Custom trusses up to 100 span. In barns the gambrel style helps in creating plenty of storage room in a lofted space. A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions.

Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. Gambrel trusses are great for the old barn style image. Pictured is the truss system that supports the roof of the barn. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks.

This series of diagrams shows just how the second floor lays out in each of our six different truss widths. The shape of the truss allows the structure to be open providing a free open space. Gambrel roof truss systems are not only visually appealing but they are also useful. Gambrel attic trusses 28 gambrel attic truss with a 24 12 lower pitch and 7 12 upper pitch with 12 overhang.

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. The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14. The lumber components are precision cut and assembled together with galvanized steel truss plates in a factory controlled environment. Ceiling and 17 ft.