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Timber
Trusses
for Roof Framing
Trusses are pre-fabricated, triangulated wooden
structures used to support the roof. Trusses are quite common these days
because they have five big advantages from the builder's standpoint:
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Trusses are incredibly
strong. |
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Because they are built to
the Australian Engineering Standards, they are generally a lot less
expensive than the alternative. |
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You can have just about any
shape custom-built, and this allows interesting features like
cathedral ceilings at low cost. |
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You can span a large
distance with a truss and the truss transmits all of the weight to
the exterior walls. Therefore, none of the interior walls are
"load-bearing," so they can go anywhere and are easily
moved later. |
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Truss installation and
erection is very quick. |
Nowhere in the world are there more demands placed on roofing than in Australia.
The stresses of cyclones, inclement weather and extremes of temperature,
the space to indulge creative architectural design, and the overriding
need in most projects to keep within a well defined budget, all place
their particular challenges on roof designs.
The beauty of prefabricated roof trusses produced by Belmont Timber is
that they can answer all these demands and more. For a start, trusses
manufactured using
Mitek
Australia Ltd
design software and proven building
products are extremely flexible. From the very simple to the complex,
take a look at just a basic list of roof styles which MiTek trusses and
computer systems can handle:
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