Vaulted Ceiling Roof Trusses

Roof trusses are built in a truss manufacturing warehouse and delivered preassembled to the jobsite.

Vaulted ceiling roof trusses.

A pitch truss with a sloping or non sloping vertical interior ceiling detail. There are variations of this design to create numerous unique ceilings. This design element makes a room appear larger and provides more natural light. The simplest way to get a vaulted ceiling is by setting vaulted roof trusses.

Click and drag to draw a roof truss perpendicular to the ridge line of the roof and ceiling planes. Select build framing roof truss from the menu. Explore all truss options with your builder. Converting a conventional flat roof with trusses to a vaulted ceiling will create an open spacious looking living space.

Click on the truss to select it and move it so that the exterior edge of the truss is aligned with the exterior edge of the framing layer. A typical vaulted ceiling truss called a scissor truss. Vaulted ceilings can be constructed by either stick framing which means attaching each joist and rafter individually or by setting roof trusses that come engineered from a truss manufacturer. To convert a truss roof to a vaulted ceiling you may need to do significant reconstruction of the roof.

Parallel chord trusses allow for greater interior clearance in buildings. A scissors truss provides for a vaulted ceiling in the same time frame as standard trusses. The bottom chords are angled to create vaulted ceilings. To create scissor trusses with both the ceiling and roof planes in place you can now create roof trusses.

Engineered roof trusses may be designed to create a vaulted ceiling while still providing sufficient support for the roof s weight. A scissors truss creates a vaulted ceiling in the same framing time as standard roof trusses that produces a bland flat ceiling. If the roof was built with traditional rafter and joist construction the ceiling joists. In a common truss design sloping top chords function just like rafters in conventional framing and horizontal bottom chords fill the role of ceiling joists.

A vaulted ceiling angles up from the top plates of the wall sections.