Tie In Roof Truss

In a nutshell it s made up of a central vertical post called the king post two rafters meeting at the apex and a tie beam or the horizontal base.

Tie in roof truss.

A raised tie roof truss is a truss where the bottom chord making up the triangle shape moves towards the top of the triangle. Closed in which the bottom chord is horizontal and at the foot of the truss and open in. Trusses consist of two lengths of lumber that create the upper edge of the truss a bottom chord that connects the two opposite ends of the top chord and a series of supporting webwork in the middle. It is in tension and is holding the top chords of the truss against spreading.

However unlike rafters trusses are pre assembled before being installed. Trusses like rafters form the profile of the structure s roof. The king post roof truss is the simplest of the trusses because of its simple composition. The bottom chord of these roof trusses is serving as a tension tie.

Strip the roofing from the old roof at the connection point to. Tie a new gable or hip roof to an existing gable or hip roof with valley rafters which perform the same function as ledgers.