Queen post truss consists of following components.
Queen post roof.
Queen post roof trusses are very similar in design to king post trusses except that the interior of the truss has two vertical queen posts instead of one central king post.
A queen post is a tension member in a truss that can span longer openings than a king post truss.
They look great and offer an open area in the middle of the truss.
379 is a queen post truss for a 32 feet span.
In this roof queen posts are used instead of king post.
King post roof truss the king post truss consists following components.
Even though it is a tension member rather than a compression member they are commonly still called a post.
Queen post roof truss design hood roof bonnet roofing systems are basically a mansard roof backwards.
The wooden queen post truss differs from a king post truss in having two wooden uprights or vertical members which are known as queen post.
Queen post roofs queen post trusses are used for spans over 30 feet and contain two perpendiculars to brace up the tie beam spanning the walls.