Stick Roof Vs Truss Roof

A stick framed roof is made up of individual rafters and that are connected to a top beam.

Stick roof vs truss roof.

Rafter boards are fastened to the ridge board at the peak and the top plate where they join the wall. With trusses if the span is large enough without internal bearing it makes it tough to design a truss with a ceiling pitch 2 or 3 less than the roof without a decent sized heel height. There are two ways to put up a roof using the stick method or using the roof truss method. Framers or roofer also have given me feedback about the strength of a trussed roof versus a stick framed roof.

Though the stick process is an older process it is still very popular. Stick framing takes place on site while trusses come prefabricated and ready to. However there are cases where stick framing a roof is the better option. A wood truss on the other hand is a structurally sound engineered building product.

Straight forward roofs are always easier with truss get into something complicated multi level turrets and stick is the only way to go stick shows the men from the boys but that s where it ends the truss job looks better in the bank account. And in most cases where roof trusses can be used they are a better way to frame. The roof and ceiling is literally sticked together. The two basic types of roof construction stick framing and truss assembly both produce a structurally sound roof.

As they work on a roof and walk back and forth most of the time a trussed roof is very solid with no bounce. In finished space insulation is placed between the rafter boards and drywall or other material is fastened to the face. 10 12 roof over a 7 12 ceiling. When a truss is installed on top of the walls it builds the roof slope and ceiling at the same time as one structural piece.

Though they use completely different processes there are pros and cons to each method. The stick framed roof on the other hand usually has some bounce and a little more squishing feeling to it. Of course when you live in a fast growth area that favors trusses have access to 5 or 6 truss shops and residential crane services small cranes cutting an entire roof seems obsolete.