Have you chosen your roof trusses yet?
Are you building a new home or repairing an existing property that has suffered storm damage? While you will want to ensure that the foundation of the building is stable, you will also, no doubt, check the walls and flooring to make sure that it is strong enough to provide the needed support. Then, you will come to the roof. Many people don't give a great deal of thought to the roof; they see it as something that simply sits on top of the building to keep out the rain. However, when you need to sit down and design a roof, you will quickly realise that a roof is a complicated, load-bearing structure that you must get built right if you want your property to be safe and secure in the years to come.
Supporting your roof
You might decide on a tiled roof, a metal roof or perhaps, a slate roof. Whatever option you select, there has to be a way for supporting your roof so that it stays in place and provides the protection you need. The most effective way to achieve the right level of support is to use timber roof trusses. These trusses will be connected with strong bolts or nails to create a sturdy base to hold up the roof of your home. When you want to order roof trusses for your home, you have two choices. You could have the roof trusses cut roughly to size and then delivered to your site for your team to shape precisely when they are in situ.
The alternative, which has become much more common in recent times, is to have the roof trusses machined to the exact size you need before they leave the supplier. This approach obviously requires extremely accurate measurements to be taken on your site but does save a considerable amount of time during the construction phase. Allowing the roof trusses to be lifted directly into their final position and reducing the amount of time spent on site naturally allows cost savings to ripple all through the project and helps to bring the job to completion within the expected budget.
Selecting your roof trusses
Once you have decided where you want your roof trusses to be machined, you must pick the type of roof trusses that you will need. Your architect will be able to advise you on the best solution for your roof. When making your choice, you must consider not just how well the roof trusses will be able to support the roof but whether they will allow you to make use of your roof space once they are installed.
To learn more about roof trusses, reach out to a local contractor.