Residential Roof Truss Details

Live loads are not always present.

Residential roof truss details.

Location of your project type of building and its function size of the building or the type of truss span and quantity truss spacing roof pitch overhang tail or soffit width loading roof and ceiling material are we matching an. Beyond the plans here are the details you need to provide. The wide variety of possible roof and floor truss designs and combinations is illustrated by figure 1. Roof trusses are engineered wood alternatives to hand framed rafters.

A truss frame consists of a roof truss and a floor truss joined by exterior wall studs. Ez build shed frames featuring pre assembled frames and detailed instructions allow for faster assembly with common tools. As we will see below there are several different types of designs and this will impact the angles and designs of the overall truss. Examples of live loads are snow wind rain and temporary construction loads.

A pitch truss with a sloping or non sloping vertical interior ceiling detail. The truss is a framework consisting of rafters posts and struts which supports your roof. They support live and dead loads by efficiently transferring the loads to the building walls or supports.