ROOF TRUSSES IRELAND
Fast Truss design, supply & delivery all roof truss types for self-builders & developers throughout Ireland & Northern Ireland.
What are Pre-Fabricated Roof Trusses?
Roof Trusses are made up of pre-engineered, tailor designed components joined together with steel nail-plated fasteners, creating a structural frame for adequate support of a roof.
Standard roof trusses can be designed to a maximum span of 11 metres in 35mm thick graded timber, and to 16 metres using 47mm thick timbers.
While the standard range of pitch is between 15 to 40 degrees, we can design and manufacture trusses to all required pitches. Spacings are at 600 centres and 400 centres where specified by the engineer to support heavier loads.
What Are the Benefits?
Pre-fabricated roof trusses are now used in 95% of new build roof structures. Roof trusses use approx. 40% less timber than a traditional cut or pitched roof. Precision engineering and off-site manufacturing results in time and cost savings, along with eliminating site wastage. On average, roof trusses work out around 30% cheaper than a cut roof.
Greater clear spans can be accommodated without the need for additional supports, meeting the demands of modern-day builds and design. In many cases, such as with a scissor truss design, the need for high level steels or similar structural supports are eliminated resulting in cost savings and lengthy engineering processes.
Engineered
to suit your design needs.
Cheaper & Faster
than a traditional cut roof.
Greater Spans
meaning less costly support.
ALL ROOF TRUSS TYPES
A fink truss is the common type of roof truss used. The truss has an internal web shaped like a ‘W’, providing structural strength to accomodate the spans of domestic builds. It is the most economical and efficient roof structure solution available.
Scissor trusses are typically used to accommodate a vaulted ceiling in the architecture. The bottom chord of the roof truss is sloped to the desired ratio, creating a higher ceiling in the room below.
Scissor trusses combine the speed, convenience and cost savings of pre-engineered timber trusses, while still achieving the aesthetic benefits of a vaulted ceiling commonly achieved using a cut roof. Engineering and steel requirement costs are also dramatically reduced using this truss type.
Attic roof trusses or “room in the roof” truss designs offer a fully engineered, economical option to adding an additional room within your roof space. The habitable area of a build can be increased by up to 40% at little to no extra cost to the overall roof structure.
Attic trusses can also be combined with open metal webbed joists (posi joists), offering additional strength and facilitating the run of services to the space. Stubbed and cantilevered eaves is another option with attic trusses.
A raised tie truss if a roof truss where the bottom chord of the triangular shape moves towards the top of the triangle. Unlike other truss types, raised tie trusses are supported at the lower end of the rafters.
Mono trusses are sloped in one direction and used to create multiple levels of roof lines or to construct additional roof heights to an existing dwelling. A vaulted mono truss is another option.
A curved roof truss or ‘lenticular truss’ is a roof truss where the chords are arched to the desired architecture. These have been supplied on many architectural barrel shaped house designs, complimenting the barn buildings of the Irish landscape.