Is it ever practical, when faced with a valley, to truss right in the valley with a doubled girder truss running right in it, and hang “jack” trusses to the valley girder truss? See the attached sketch.
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I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're trying to accomplish.
But it sounds like a tremendous waste of time and money to me.
For starters, there would only be a quantity of one of a bunch of those trusses. Anytime there's only one of a truss, it's expensive to manufacture.
Secondly, there would be a lot of labor and expense in buying and installing skewed hangers on all those trusses.
Third - How would you hang the drywall on the ceiling?
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Simple is better. It seems to me you're really over-thinking this quite a bit.
My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. [Socrates]
It's all flat ceiling inside.
I haven't sprung for the plans yet, Boss, and am just trying to think my way through the structure.
I know that the plans call out trusses most everywhere on the job, and I usually like to do trusses instead of stickframe wherever possible.
It is best when you can find one of those truss design guys that says, "I haven't seen a roof yet I couldn' t truss."
It is best when you can find one of those truss design guys that says, "I haven't seen a roof yet I couldn't truss."
I don't really agree with that.
Sure, I can build a lot of fancy trusses that look impressive. But are they cost effective to produce and install? Will they fit right when they get to the jobsite? Will they perform well long term?
Those questions are more important to me than claiming that I can truss anything.Asking me about analogies is like... okay, I may be the wrong man to ask. [John Laroquette]
Here is a pic of the overall roof, with the valley in question pointed out.
Bob, you oughtta get Ken Drake to fly up and cut that roof for you.
Looks like a nightmare, and if all those interlocking trusses aren't just right it will be.
Joe H