Roof Trusses For Open Ceilings

Exposed ceiling trusses adds a stylish visual aesthetic to any living space in your home making it feel warm and cozy not to mention it is very in trend.

Roof trusses for open ceilings. Does not have to be much. One suggestion was to lift the roof trusses up 3 feet by adding to the outside walls. Stately attractive and open. A scissor truss is appropriate when the ceiling pitch or slope isn t very steep.

Top chord an inclined or horizontal member that establishes the upper edge of a truss usually carrying compression and bearing stress. How to use it. A shallow pitch like in this example can still be quite spacious when a scissor truss is used to support the roof. Do about 6 of those and you would have a lot of open area in the ceiling.

When restoring an old home it has become very common to expose wood beams adding to the charming history of the home. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. Another idea is to add skylights between the truss 24 inches wide and flare the box at the ceiling out to may be 2 ft by 6 ft. It creates a more spacious feeling because there s no horizontal element defining a lower virtual ceiling line.