Saw Tooth Roof Truss

This 26 span truss with a 4 12 roof pitch is the most economical truss we can build.

Saw tooth roof truss.

A saw tooth roof allows for a lot of natural light to enter the interior of the building reducing the demand for supplemental electrical lighting. Roofing and trim along with multiple door options. Over 51 sizes styles in stock. Custom trusses up to 100 span.

A saw tooth roof is a roof comprising a series of ridges with dual pitches either side. Use this handy tool to calculate the rake length of your roof. They allow a pitched roof to be constructed over a large span without creating a very high apex. The same is true if we make it steeper.

Steeper roof pitches require longer webs which add to the cost. This kind of roof admits natural light into a deep plan building or factory. Shop now spacer truss rake calculator title. They are designed at a 4 12 pitch to be spaced 2 foot on center.

Sawtooth roofs can be constructed using steel trusses or heavy timber. Click to add item 26 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to the compare list. Add to list click to add item 26 spreadweb residential roof truss 5 12 pitch 87 to your list. Shop roof trusses spacer floor truss.

In some sawtooth roof buildings the roof has a concrete roof slab that is supported by steel posts. The trusses are a special inverted type. These trusses the meet building code criteria as specified by structural building components of america sbca and the truss plate institute tpi. A saw tooth roof allows for a lot of natural light to enter the interior of the building reducing the demand for supplemental electrical lighting.

Pre manufactured stock trusses are constructed with spruce pine fir spf or southern yellow pine syp lumber. In this video we will be adding a structural truss underneath a roof and then attach the truss to the roof. The steeper surfaces are glazed and face away from the equator to shield workers and machinery from direct sunlight. Heavy timber trusses with metal rods may also be used to bear the load of columns and the bearing walls.

Saw tooth roofs comprise a series of ridges with one pitch much steeper than the other similar in profile to the teeth of a saw. Mar 14 2016 explore guiseppe ferrigno s board sawtooth roofs on pinterest.