Convenient for buildings like garages and sheds that need additional storage space.
Types of roof trusses for vaulted ceilings.
This type of truss is best known for creating the vaulted ceilings that today s homeowners love.
Parallel chord trusses allow for greater interior clearance in buildings.
Common types of roof trusses roof trusses come in many types but the four variants below comprise the lion s share of constructed ceilings.
The bottom chords are angled to create vaulted ceilings.
Vaulted and cathedral ceilings a vaulted ceiling slopes upward from both sides to form a peak.
Studio two bearing points truss.
30 different types of roof trusses illustrated configurations 1.
Commonly used in cathedral ceilings the cost of this truss is higher because it requires the use of steel members to serve as bracing.
Scissor trusses are designed with a slope on the outside and inside.
There are variations of this design to create numerous unique ceilings.
Instead of horizontal lower chords a scissor roof truss has lower chords that slope up creating the peak for a vaulted ceiling.