A horizontal cut to the bottom of a sloping bottom chord usually the width of the bearing i e.
Roof truss component names.
The highest point on a truss where the sloping top chords meet.
A roof is the uppermost parts of any building which give protection against animals and most especially weather be it rain snow sunlight heat wind and so on.
A roof also beautify a house but the primary purpose of a roof is to protect against any form of weather.
The wall plate width see figure 7.
The rafters when combined together help to form the truss.
One of a series of diagonal members of the truss that meet at the apex in order to support the roof deck and its loads.
Truss the truss is a framework comprised of wooden beams that helps to support the roof.
Hip this is an external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Roof trusses can be said to be the skeleton of the roof as you known the skeleton produce the shape of animals even humans.
A slight vertical cut usually less than 75mm at the.
Bearing cut or seat cut.
Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom.
Horizontal beams supported by posts and used to support the mid span of rafters to cover longer spans these are used in large buildings like the traditional large old barns in the us.
A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof trusses usually occur at regular intervals linked by longitudinal timbers such as purlins the space between each truss is known as a bay.
Structural support of trusses usually walls normally with a timber wall plate.