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Trussed Gable Roof

Trussed Gable Roof

A gable roof framed with plated timber trusses at a set spacing over a rectangular plan. Plan length and span over the wall plates Pitch, truss spacing and overhang Truss member thickness and depths

Details

Category: Roof Framing › Straight Truss Roofs

By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated November 4, 2026

Parameters

NameDefaultUnit
Length6000mm
Span9000mm
Pitch31°
Truss Spacing600mm
Overhang450mm
Member Thickness35mm
Chord Depth97mm
Web Depth70mm
Widthspan + 2 * overhangmm
DepthMath.min(Math.floor(length / spacing) * spacing, length - chordThickness) + chordThicknessmm
Height(span / 2 + overhang) * Math.tan(pitch * Math.PI / 180) + chordDepth / Math.cos(pitch * Math.PI / 180)mm