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What is a truss or trussed rafter?
Trussed rafters (TRUSSES) have been used to form the frame of a roof structure for many years. Allowing pitched roofs of larger spans to be formed easily, through modern design and engineering.
Since their introduction to the UK in the early ’60s, roof trusses have proved to a fast and economical solution for the structural framework needed to support the finished roof scape.
Roof trusses offer a vast amount of flexibility and can be used on a wide range of building types including both domestic and commercial structures.
Roof Types
Using quality-controlled jigs, trusses are manufactured using TR26 graded timber fixed together using Wolf’s connector plates.
There are many various roof styles that are designed for architectural preferences or to match into existing surroundings. Larger spans can be easily achieved by using a heavier section timber, closing the truss centres, or making multiple trusses.
From pitched Gable to Gable roofs, Hip Ends, Dutch Barn Hips, Mono Pitched and Attic Roofs. Trusses can be designed which when installed on site, over traditional loose cut timbers, becomes a faster solution.
These roof shapes can now be created by assembling a collection of prefabricated specialised truss components. Using a combination of flat-top girder trusses, mono trusses and loose timber infill, a Hip End can be formed quickly and efficiently.
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Types of roof trusses:
- Fink trusses – A standard truss configuration utilised in most common roof shapes, such as a gable-to-gable dwelling.
- Hip trusses – Usually used to create a hip end roof, that is then sloped on all four sides. Can also be used for pitched flat roofs.
- Mono trusses – Mainly used in conjunction with hipped roofs, but also as a single sloped roof.
- Raised tie trusses – Raised tie trusses are used to increase the height of a ceiling in a room.
- Scissor trusses – Scissor trusses follow a similar purpose to raised tie trusses, the difference being that the space is increased mainly in the centre, with sloped ceilings leading up to the middle.
- Attic trusses – Also known as ‘room in the roof’ trusses, attic trusses are built entirely with that purpose in mind.
We have invested in cutting-edge technology and a new approach to achieving trussed roof design solutions. Our Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines achieve perfect accuracy in a fraction of the time, compared to traditional methods. Our strict quality control procedures ensure that as a premier roof truss manufacturer, only high-quality timber trusses leave our factory.
Our versatile design software means we can design roof trusses and trussed roof systems for even the most challenging of projects across south east England, using specialist CAD packages and Wolf Systems’ leading truss design software.
Our manufacturing facility in Hampshire allows us to design a variety of roof truss types to suit a wide range of roof configuration designs. Using WOLF design software, we can design and engineer basic gable to gable roofs to very complicated room in-roof attic space applications.
