Question

What are some advantages and advantages of stick build roof?

What are some advantages and advantages of truss roofs?

Answer 1

MAJOR PROS OF STICK BUILDING ROOF:

1. The roof and ceiling can be attached to the same member.
2. If any last minute changes are made to how things look, it can simply be changed one piece at a time.
3. Half stories built into the roof that have very large dormers or shed roof style openings out of the roof.
4. Complicated, steep hip roofs.

THE CONS OF STICK BUILDING ROOF :

1. All the work must be done on the site which is controlled by weather (rain, mud, wind, cold, heat). It’s not good for lumber to get wet either.
2. Stick framing a roof requires framers to spend much more time on scaffolding, ladders, and above ground which means more chance for accidents.
3. Stick framing requires larger lumber and more of it.
4. Stick framing can’t span very far.
5. It is easy for boards to walk off the job site when they are loose and in easy to carry pieces.
6. Often the stick framed roof has no engineer seal on it showing it will do what it is asked to do.
7. Frequently has bounce on the roof and doesn’t feel as solid.
8. Stick framed roofs are frequently under-braced and easy to leave out. Ridge beams are frequently too small and not braced.

THE PROS OF TRUSSES:

1. Trusses are an engineered product and are designed for your specific project.
2. Our trusses all have an engineer seal on them, meaning they meet a universal standard of design.
   Trusses span great distances without support.
3. Can be designed to handle seismic reactions, drag loads, and other special engineering requirements.
   Built in a controlled environment out of the weather, which means the building process isn’t affected by rain or snow.
4. Lumber for the truss is cut using computer controlled saws for greater accuracy, tighter fits, and less chance of mistakes.
5. Trusses are manufactured on the ground and are raised onto the walls. This means less time spent off the ground and fewer chances of falls and accidents.
6. There is very little waste when building trusses.
7. Parts of the roof can be cantilevered out over porches or decks quite a ways without requiring posts and beams to hold it up at the end.
8. The roof is very solid with no bounce since each truss is an engineered product and tied together very well.
9. Pitch changes on the roof and ceiling can happen easily almost anywhere without requiring over-build.
10. The heel height of a truss can be changed up or down very easily to account for more insulation at the point by the wall or to keep the overhang from hanging down so low.
11. Trusses almost never walk off the job site in the dark hours of the night.
12. Trusses speed up the building time enough that you can build more houses in a year.

THE CONS OF TRUSSES:

1. Extremely cut up hip roofs are more difficult and require a lot of pieces to put together.
2. Once trusses are built, they are very hard to modify if something needs to be changed.
3. Sometimes if attic areas have a T-shaped layout, it can be difficult to build with trusses if not impossible where the T comes together.

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