Light Gauge Steel Trusses
Designed and fabricated to exact specifications, light gauge trusses are an excellent choice for roof or floor systems in residential and commercial construction.
Back-to-back C-stud trusses offer the following advantages:
- High strength-to-weight ratio.
- Non-combustible material.
- Wind and seismic resistance.
- Compatible with most decking and roofing systems.
- Custom designed to match roof and ceiling profiles.
- Cost effective alternative to proprietary products.
Pricing includes:
- Shop drawings.
- Truss and bracing layouts with connection and installation details.
- Assembled trusses delivered to the job site.
- Bracing material.
- Installation clips built into the truss and all materials for truss to truss connections.
Hip/Gable Roof – Trusses are custom designed to match the shape of almost any roof. We work to eliminate most overframing and extra soffit framing. Truss layouts consider ease of installation and allow for minor dimension descrepancies in the walls below. The Gleannloch Farms project required a complex set of hip conditions, an extra large overhang area, and the need for a mechanical space over the corridor. Our trusses met all of the challenges and were praised by the GC and the installer.
Low Pitch Roof – Light gauge trusses provide a alternative to bar joists at shorter spans (30-35') for low pitch or flat roof framing and maintain the flexibility to work for odd shaped spaces. The Sante Fe Lofts 9th story add-on required over 150 unique truss profiles to accommodate the irregular shape of the building.
Floor Systems – Light gauge trusses create a low deflection floor framing system that can accommodate mechanical runs perpendicular to the truss framing. These 2-story houses in Juarez Mexico used 2’ deep floor trusses with 1’6”x2’ penetrations designed into the truss profile to accommodate box ducting. The deep webbed truss combined with a form deck and 2.5” concrete topping created a very low deflection and sound deadening floor system.
Mechanical Spaces – Trusses can be designed with integrated mechanical, living, or storage space. These houses build in Lafeyette, LA took advantage of this option to create mechanical space for hot water heaters and air conditioners saving valuable floor space on the ground floor.
Optional Extras:
- Bent metal for hips, ridges, valleys, sub-fascia, and shear collectors.
- Clips or ties for attaching trusses to the building structure.
- Hat channel.
- Metal roof or floor decking.
