Timber Frame Roof

View project timber ceiling beams over a brick fireplace.

Timber frame roof.

However the newfound ceiling height and architectural interest of a timber truss often mean an engineer is required to guarantee these beautiful open trusses. The roof framing is the structure that supports your roof. It features douglas fir timbers with a central hub and steel tie rods. Timber vs metal frames.

Rafters have a tendency to flatten under gravity thrusting outwards on the walls. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction. The timber frame ceiling can be at the roofline rather than tied to the base of the truss s lower beam and individual rooms can have varying ceiling heights thanks to that flexibility. Timber is by far the most common material for house framing in australia.

A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof trusses usually occur at regular intervals linked by longitudinal timbers such as purlins the space between each truss is known as a bay. A timber frame truss roof with ridge beam purlins and common rafters is a stunning combination that creates visual interest and structural complexity. Above these components is a rack of common rafters. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below.