DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRUSSES

FLAT (COMMON) TRUSS SCISSOR TRUSS PIGGYBACK TRUSS ATTIC TRUSS

MOST USED FOR USED WHEN A SINGLE TRUSS IS PROVIDES LIVING OR STORAGE
MOST COMMON TYPE VAULTED CEILINGS TOO TALL TO BUILD OR SHIP SPACE IN THE TRUSS

NON-STRUCTURAL DROP-TOP GABLE TRUSS STRUCTURAL GABLE TRUSS STRUCTURAL DROP-TOP GABLE TRUSS
NON-STRUCTURAL GABLE TRUSS
OVER CONTINUOUS BEARING, DOUBLE USED OVER CLEAR SPANS USED OVER CLEAR SPANS (NOT
USED WHEN GABLE IS OVER CONTINUOUS BEARING) DOUBLE TOP
CONTINUOUS BEARING TOP CHORD DESIGNED FOR NOTCHING (NOT CONTINUOUS BEARING)
CHORD IS DESIGNED FOR NOTCHING

SLOPING PARALLEL TRUSS SLOPING FLAT WITH PARAPETS CAMBERED TRUSS

DUAL PITCH OR SALTBOX TRUSS
ACTS MUCH LIKE A RAFTER USED FOR "SANTA FE" STYLE HOMES ASYMMETRICAL, WITH
SLIGHTLY ARCHED BOTTOM CHORD
TWO DIFFERENT PITCHES

BOWSTRING TRUSS CATHEDRAL VAULT TRUSS PARTIAL VAULT OR STUDIO VAULT MANSARD TRUSS
ARCHED TOP, USED MOSTLY IN COM- VAULTED OVER ONE ROOM OR AREA PROVIDES VAULTED CEILINGS USUALLY COMMERCIAL, PROVIDES HIDDEN
MERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES OVER 1/2 OF THE SPAN AREAS ON ROOF FOR HVAC SYSTEMS

POLYNESIAN TRUSS STEP-DOWN TRUSS BARREL VAULT TRUSS

GAMBREL TRUSS
SYMMETRICAL TRUSS WITH TWO USED IN CONJUCTION WITH OTHER PROVIDES AN ARCHED CEILING AREA
"BARN" STYLE DIFFERENT PITCHES EACH SIDE TRUSSES TO CREATE A HIP ROOF

MONO SCISSOR VAULTED PARALLEL TRUSS JACK TRUSS

MONO TRUSS
ONE PITCH ONE PITCH WITH VAULTED CEILING MIMICS A RAFTERED ROOF REPLACES RAFTERS AT HIP ROOFS

FLOOR TRUSS, BOTTOM CHORD BEARING FLOOR TRUSS, TOP CHORD BEARING FLOOR TRUSS, TOP CHORD BEARING FLOOR TRUSS, BOTTOM CHORD BEARING

PROVIDES CUTOUT FOR END RIBBON HANGS FROM WALLS OR TRUSS HANGERS OPEN ENDED WEB DESIGN ANGLED ENDS

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROOF STYLES

HIP GABLE

BARN GABLE SHED

SALTBOX

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