Long Span Wood Roof Trusses

A truss for a gable roof on one side of your home for example might need to be 15 feet 4 6 m long and 4 6 feet 1 2 1 8 m tall.

Long span wood roof trusses.

Left exposed they create an attractive clean looking roof structure. Spaced sheathing or 1x boards may be reduced slightly. Trusses must be designed for any special loading such as concentrated loads from hanging partitions or air conditioning units and snow loads caused by driftingnearparapetorslide offfromhigherroofs. Each truss bears the truss plate institute tpi stamp for quality assurance.

This is the distance of the bottom chord of the truss from outside overhang of bearing wall to outside of the other bearing wall. Its 89 foot long pin connected open web trusses are spaced at 48 inches on center and span the entire gymnasium. Shop our wide selection of stock and custom roof trusses to complete your building project. Allowable spans for 2x4 top chord trusses using sheathing other than plywood e g.

Up to 120 spans. A long span truss can pose a greater risk to installers because the dimensions and weight of the truss itself can create instability buckling and collapse of the truss if it is not handled installed and braced properly. Residential trusses save time and materials compared to conventional hand framing. Factors that affect truss pricing and cost.

Truss capacity is. Click to add item 24 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. The dimensions of your structure will determine the angles formed by the truss s top and bottom beams or chords. The lumber components are precision cut and assembled together with galvanized steel truss plates in a factory controlled environment.

Long span trusses are 60 or greater in length. 4 to 10 on center spacing. Some spans have a lower rate per foot than others. When making a selection below to narrow your results down each selection made will reload the page to display the desired results.