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Default Roof truss change.

On 07/06/2021 18:37, Chris Bacon wrote:

For 5m span, front of concrete prefab. It was a simple king post truss
design, with the bottom of the king post also bolted via a bracket to a
vertical post netween the two sets of opening doors (1 pair each side)
where the word "then" in the pic. is.

The new truss reduces the height of the apex, as well as raising the
eaves height for headroom inside. It will probably also be fixed to a
vertical central post under to floor.
Rough sketch at: https://i.ibb.co/7JH1NHn/IMG-20210607-182851-1.jpg

Any ideas for new bracing? It's in 30mm by 30mm by 3mm equal angle.


There is a prefab "low profile" truss design that adds extra height at
the eves and uses a shallower pitch to give less ridge height. That does
use a number of extra bracing members to achieve the stiffness. There is
a picture of one he

https://www.buildershoponline.co.uk/...design-48.html

(1st graphic, second row, 5 down)

An extra row of block on top of the wall might be another option...

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Cheers,

John.

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