Gambrel Attic Roof Truss

A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions.

Gambrel attic roof truss.

Up to 40 open framing for plumbing. Gambrel trusses are great for the old barn style image. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. In barns the gambrel style helps in creating plenty of storage room in a lofted space.

Pictured is the truss system that supports the roof of the barn. Shop roof trusses spacer floor truss. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks. Gambrel trusses can also have a nice size room built in just like an attic truss.

Custom trusses up to 100 span. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs. With no interior walls or support posts our engineered gambrel trussdesign optimizes useable upstairs interior space. Note that the gambrel style roof allows for a larger attic space with a 9 ft.

Gambrel roof truss systems are not only visually appealing but they are also useful. Ceiling and 17 ft. 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. The lumber components are precision cut and assembled together with galvanized steel truss plates in a factory controlled environment.

This series of diagrams shows just how the second floor lays out in each of our six different truss widths. Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14. Gambrel attic trusses 28 gambrel attic truss with a 24 12 lower pitch and 7 12 upper pitch with 12 overhang.

A gambrel room in attic truss also provides extra living space while giving your roof a barn like appearance. The shape of the truss allows the structure to be open providing a free open space. Over 51 sizes styles in stock. Each truss bears the truss plate institute tpi stamp for quality assurance.