Post And Perlin Log Roof

I was confirming my intentions of building a hansen designed structure.

Post and perlin log roof.

Available in cee or zee shape red oxide primed or galvanized 16 14 or 12 gauge sizes from 4 up to 12 flange widths of 1 1 2 up to 4 cut to your specified lengths hole punching available load tables available for all material. An added benefit are the strong lines that purlins create by running parallel to the ridge beam s. The inspector asked about the type of wood being used as purlins. We can supply logs or timbers for trusses purlins posts and floor joists.

Purlin plates are beams which support the mid span of rafters and are supported by posts. The roof support system is a ridgepole and either rafters which run perpendicular from the top of the walls to the ridge or purlins which run parallel to the ridge. A purlin plate in wood construction is also called an arcade plate in european english under purlin and principal purlin. Engineered purlin metal mart offers a complete line of engineered purlin material.

Hi all i have some hopefully quick questions about loads on roof members. Timber frame truss and purlins. Our machinery can produce logs up to 32 in diameter. 5 htm high thermal mass passive solar house plan roof details complete with log purlin notes and low tech vented cold roof sips panel design considerations for the do it yourselfer passive solar roof details do not have to be unique but cold vented roof design with vented sips panels and layered insulation is a natural with log purlins.

For accuracy and tight fit these trusses cannot be matched. We have peeled cedar and pine logs log posts log trusses decorative or structural log post covers log beam covers log stairways knotty pine timbers log rafters and support beams for sale there s many ways to accessorize your home with our peeled log posts. The term plate means a major horizontal supporting timber. I understand that if you have a structural ridge pole and your rafters clear span between the ridge pole and the plate logs on the walls then your ridge pole is supporting 50 of the roof and your plate logs support the other 50 or 25 the weight on each wall.

A common arrangement is a rafter and purlin system which combines purlins and rafters. Purlin plates in wooden construction. 2 6 roof loft decking 5 4 cedar decking and more. 100 of the bearing surface is in contact at the member connection.

I explained the layout of roof trusses and purlins on your building design. The reason is i already have a permit for a building that i was designing and building myself. One of my questions was about snow loads.