Roof Without A Roof Chords

Last edit on feb 13 2014.

Roof without a roof chords.

6 780 views added to favorites 251 times. This is a special circumstance because some shed plans will have the top chord attach to the roof with a birdsmouth cut out. A traditional gambrel roof has four sides that fit within a semicircle or the top half of an octagon. A gambrel roof is a four sided roof that people typically associate with being a barn style roof or something similar.

G bm d his love s like rain on a tin roof g bm a sweet song of the summertime storm g bm d and oh the way that it moves you g bm a it s a melody of passion raging on g bm d dsus2 g. Roof truss bottom chord bracing properly designed and installed will not only keep the trusses in plane standing upright but will also brace the endwall columns. Frankly it would probably have been cheaper to build a new garage rather than monster the existing one and now have to repair it. However there is another way of constructing the truss.

By the use of strategically located x bracing loads from the endwalls and truss bottom chords can be transferred into the roof diaphragm. While the interior top chord appears flat a slight pitch typically 25 12 is used to ensure water will flow to an interior storm drain system. I m a room without a roof and walls that don t tell time forever i ll be waiting here for you patiently jam uses the same chord progression and you don t need me i ll only get in the way lonely nights and bar room sights lost out in the neon endlessly promise you the world i ve tried everything to give you stars and anything. If you are building a gambrel roofed shed then this is likely what you would use coupled with a bottom chord.

As in the example above the bottom chord ran the width of the shed. It gives the implication of a steep pitched roof while maintaining a flat interior for mechanical units or other roof mounted units required by the building designer.