Scissor truss

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Timber truss designs featuring scissor truss options

When properly constructed with tight lapped joints and solid pegged connections, the half-lap scissor truss provides an open roof structure with clear span

A scissors truss is a roof truss that creates a sloped ceiling instead of a horizontal ceiling. Unlike parallel-chord trusses — a type of truss that creates a sloped ceiling that is just as steep as the roof — a scissors truss creates a ceiling that has a gentler slope than the roof slope. You end up with a steep roof and a not-so-steep ceiling — in other words, a ceiling that is almost a cathedral ceiling but not quite.

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36' clear span timber scissor trusses for church meeting space

Maybe this project would be better posted over at the sister-site home refurbers, but I am so pleased with how it turned out and I am very proud of the joinery. I have a sort of U-shaped patio on the back of my house that, because it blocks the...

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