Hip Roof Girder Truss

Hip truss is responsible for forming the hip line on the roof.

Hip roof girder truss.

Hip truss this forms the hip line of the roof. The fixing requirements for hip ends in this section are based on the design criteria that are governed by dead loads. It is similar to a half truss but has an extended top chord. At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run.

Hip roofs can provide structural strength advantages over gabled roofs in hurricane zones. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. 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. The girder truss on each end of the main roof must support the weight of the hip roof element on each side.

The jack truss runs right into the hip truss. Wood is a common construction material for girder systems. Just like the hip truss it has an extended top chord which meets the hip truss. Hip trusses building a sub girder hip.

Sub girders are the partial trusses that butt into the doubled truss at the end of the main run. This extends over the truncated girder truss and finishes as the top of the hip. The girder truss can be built by joining multiple single support elements. Though not much different from the half truss the hip truss comes with an elongated top chord which finishes as the hip top.