Timber Truss Design Styles
& How to Find Your Unique Truss
Finding your unique truss style is both rewarding and fun. It will have a very large impact on how your timber space feels. As you move through the process of getting your timbered living space, you may notice more insight into your style preferences. You'll also notice that building practicality will influence your truss design.
Which is why it is good/important for you to know that your original idea will probably change as you gather more information and talk with your friends about what you intend to do... Because you plan to enjoy you timber living space with your acquaintances also, and in many ways they know us better than we know ourselves. The following timber truss style descriptions have been combined with tips on how to increase either the strength or the elegance factor so you can make your timber truss unique!
- Simple Truss
- King Truss
- Queen Truss
- Scissor Truss
- Mono Truss
- Hammer Beam Truss
- Cruck Truss
- Multi-Web Truss
- Parallel Cord Scissor Truss
- Lane Truss
- Glue-Lam Modern Truss
- Gambrel Truss
- Compression Ring Truss
Simple Truss
The simple truss examples shown here really is a lesson in simple elegance. If you are the type of person who is unpretentious and straightforward, this may capture your personality well.

Simple Truss
The no frills solution this truss presents is ideal in many situations, especially as a "Second Act." This means that another timber element is the main visual focus, but the Simple Truss is placed so that it presents a secondary visual surprise. For example, it could be used as a secondary feature behind a more ornate Hammer Beam front truss. As you can see, the size of the simple truss is limited to the load bearing capacity of its members, since it doesn't have webs; this means your typical truss span will max out around 30'.
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