How To Make A Chinese Style Roof Trusses

The pros of using roof trusses instead of stick framing.

How to make a chinese style roof trusses.

As an alternative you can make your own gusset plates out of plywood. Repeat this process on the reverse side of the truss. Trace out a space for your trusses at each end of your arch and also at the center. You can assemble these on the floor of the shed being constructed.

A truss for a gable roof on one side of your home for example might need to be 15 feet 4 6 m long and 4 6 feet 1 2 1 8 m tall. Create a detailed shed roof truss design. Probably you will just need one truss between the apex and and end trusses but if you have a really big arch you will need more than one between. Sure there may be an instance where stick framing is your only option and that is understandable.

The dimensions of your structure will determine the angles formed by the truss s top and bottom beams or chords. To make a space for your lateral trusses you will need to cut notches in your arches. Start assembling the trusses. Cut the bottom cord of the roof trusses.

Make the gussets which are the half inch thick plywood pieces that will cover the 3 ends of the roof trusses. Here are the pros of trusses. The pros of using roof trusses drastically outweigh the pros of stick framing. Now if you have a large garage or tiny house then i recommend a pre fabricated howe truss.

Lay pieces of plywood over each joint covering about a foot 30 cm of each truss member s length. Glue the plywood to the joint and then nail it to each member to fully secure it.