Hip Roof Girder Truss

It is similar to a half truss but has an extended top chord.

Hip roof girder truss.

Hip trusses building a sub girder hip. Hip truss this forms the hip line of the roof. The jack truss runs right into the hip truss. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks.

These details are suitable for a maximum truncated girder station of 3600mm. Though not much different from the half truss the hip truss comes with an elongated top chord which finishes as the hip top. At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run. The girder truss can be built by joining multiple single support elements.

Hip roofs can provide structural strength advantages over gabled roofs in hurricane zones. The girder truss on each end of the main roof must support the weight of the hip roof element on each side. Wood is a common construction material for girder systems. Connection of jack creeper and hip trusses at a hip end roof for design wind speed n1 n2 n3 or c1 shall be in accordance with the details shown.

Just like the hip truss it has an extended top chord which meets the hip truss. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. Sub girders are the partial trusses that butt into the doubled truss at the end of the main run. The fixing requirements for hip ends in this section are based on the design criteria that are governed by dead loads.