1. Panelized wood roof system types The all-wood roof system is anchored by long-span glued laminated timber framing. This system requires the purlins to be attached to the primary glulam beams using ...

The average roof structure is just a triangle. You’d be stunned how strong one is when you connect the three pieces of wood together correctly. The sloped sides of the triangle that create your roof ...

Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over the past half century. Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new ...

In this episode of Cabin in the woods, we wrap up the framing on our necessary walls in order to start installing trusses. First we have to mark all of our trusses and make purlins.

As the name implies, truss uplift affects homes that have roofs that are framed using manufactured wood trusses. In contrast to traditional stick framing, where the rafters, hip, ridge and ceiling ...

The truss extends beyond the glass doors to support the glass roof as a canopy. A series of 120 x 80mm RHS purlins, each with a row of 60mm-diameter steel bosses welded to it, runs over the trusses.