Truss types

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Book index entries

Roof – Types Truss – Types Roof – Truss Trusses – Roof

Text in the illustration

king post
queen post
fink
howe
fan
special king post or modified queen post
belgian or double fink
4 panel scissor
2-2 mono
3-2 mono
4-3 mono
pratt
warren
gable end

Generated explanation

The illustration presents fourteen labeled truss configurations in two columns, showing their outer profiles and internal web arrangements. The left column shows seven pitched, triangular trusses with horizontal bottom chords and differing vertical and diagonal webs. The right column includes a scissor truss with raised bottom chords, three single-slope mono trusses, and parallel-chord Pratt and Warren trusses. A gable-end configuration has a horizontal bottom chord and closely spaced vertical members beneath its pitched top chords. These are schematic framing diagrams; connections, dimensions, and defects are not shown.

Components

roof trusses top chords bottom chords vertical web members diagonal web members gable-end vertical members