Gable Style Roof Trusses

Like these are often referred to as commons webs and joints are arranged in such a way that they create triangular spaces inside the truss and that lumbar and plates in the truss are optimized.

Gable style roof trusses. Most common types of roof trusses gable trusses. Residential room in attic trusses are an inexpensive way to add extra living or storage space to your home or garage while also increasing the value of your property. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs. This way the floor acts as a giant builders square.

Align them to the edges of the floor and attach with 3 to 4 screws along their length. A gable truss isn t structural and needs a continuous bearing support underneath such as a beam or wall. Gable trusses are more expensive than common structural trusses because more lumber is required. In general the maximum distance between top chord joints on roof trusses is about 8 feet and 10 feet on bottom chord.

Another very common roof type the hip truss is used to create a hip roof which has slopes on all four sides. A gable truss sits on the end wall of a structure and has vertical studs every 2 feet or 16 inches. Trusses can be constructed with smaller sized lumber than rafters and often their cost is not significantly higher than normal rafters. Use of manufactured roof trusses can dramatically cut labor costs when framing a gable roof compared to building rafters.

A variety of the trusses shown above fit into the common or gable truss category including the king.