Gambrel Attic Roof Trusses

This gambrel roof fits in a semicircle and starts as the top half of an equal sided octagon.

Gambrel attic roof trusses.

Up to 120 spans. Actual dimensions are 2 0 to allow for material inconsistencies in addition the exterior width and length after siding and trim will be 10. Shop roof trusses spacer floor truss. Shop floor trusses spacer post frame truss.

Room size will vary depending on the overall size and slope also referred to as pitch of the trusses. Gambrel attic trusses 28 gambrel attic truss with a 24 12 lower pitch and 7 12 upper pitch with 12 overhang. Up to 40 open framing for plumbing. Gambrel trusses are very popular for barns with hay storage.

With no interior walls or support posts our engineered gambrel trussdesign optimizes useable upstairs interior space. Most common selections. A gambrel truss includes steel girders with steel columns available in straight leg and tapered leg versions. Check overhang to calculate rafter overhang equal to the lower level cut at the full rafter depth.

Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. 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. Gambrel trusses for a barn style shed this is a group of 6 trusses for a 10x10 gambrel or barn style shed. The lumber components are.

The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14. Note that the gambrel style roof allows for a larger attic space with a 9 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. Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs.

Gambrel trusses are great for the old barn style image. Ceiling and 17 ft. Gambrel trusses can also have a nice size room built in just like an attic truss. This series of diagrams shows just how the second floor lays out in each of our six different truss widths.