Northland Truss - Roof Trusses

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Roof Trusses

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Clear Story (Ridge Truss): The ridge truss provides a stepped roof appearance.

Dual Slope (Double Pitch): This truss provides an asymmetric roof slope.

Flat (Pratt): The flat truss is used in roofs or floors. It may be designed as top or bottom chord bearing, or for simple or multiple spans. It may also be cantilevered at one or both ends.

Gambrel: This truss is used to create a gambrel or barn-shaped roof profile.

Hip: This shape is used to create hip roofs.

Scissor: The scissor truss is used to create a vaulted ceiling along the entire span. The slope of the bottom chord is usually equal to 1/2 of the slope of the top chord. Large scissor trusses are often shipped in two pieces and field spliced.

Inverted: The inverted truss is used to provide a vaulted ceiling along a portion of the span.

Kingpost (Triangular): These trusses may be simple span, multiple bearing, or cantilevered. Where the truss height exceeds approximately 3m (10'), a piggyback system (see below) may be needed due to transportation restrictions.

Mono: This shape may be simple span, multiple span, or cantilevered. Top chord bearing is possible.

Room in Attic: The attic truss provides useable area within the roof space.

Half Scissors: The half scissor truss provides a single-sloped vaulted ceiling.

Sloping Chord Flat: This shape is used to provide positive drainage to both sides of the building.

Sloping Flat: This shape is used to create a vaulted ceiling. It may be top or bottom chord bearing.

Piggyback: The piggyback truss is a combination of a gable end truss on top of a hip truss, which can be transported in two sections. It is used when a single triangular truss is too large to transport.

Cathedral (Vault): The cathedral truss provides a vaulted ceiling along one portion of the span.


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