Gambrel Attic Trusses

Gambrel trusses are great for the old barn style image.

Gambrel attic trusses.

Note that the gambrel style roof allows for a larger attic space with a 9 ft. The gambrel roof trusses give the tops of the structures that use them a barn like appearance. The lower slant is at a precarious point verging on being a vertical point. Step 3 layout the material for the trusses using 2x6 lumber begin preparing the trusses by laying out four of the boards on a flat space of ground.

Customize by choosing your own siding roofing and trim along with multiple door options. Due to the overall height the truss is manufactured as a piggyback truss to allow for transportation. The narrow gambrel roof shows up as a symmetrical twofold sided roof with a twofold incline on every side. Move slider or directly enter angle to alter sweep angle of lower rafters and change the shape.

Gambrel attic trusses 28 gambrel attic truss with a 24 12 lower pitch and 7 12 upper pitch with 12 overhang. Gambrel trusses are very popular for barns with hay storage. A gambrel roof well let s face it it s a very attractive roof design but there are practical considerations as well. Ceiling and 17 ft.

Each truss bears the truss plate institute tpi stamp for quality assurance. 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. Ez build shed frames featuring pre assembled frames and detailed instructions allow for faster assembly with common tools.

Room in attic trusses are professionally designed with state of the art computer programs. The trusses can be any height but the typical angle of the upper section of a gambrel truss is 30 degrees and the typical angle of the lower section generally has a bend of 60 degrees. The gambrel series tapered leg version is available in 24 30 40 50 and 60 widths in eave heights from 8 through 14. This series of diagrams shows just how the second floor lays out in each of our six different truss widths.

With no interior walls or support posts our engineered gambrel trussdesign optimizes useable upstairs interior space. The lumber components are precision cut and assembled together with galvanized steel truss plates in a factory controlled environment.