Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
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Has anyone ever seen this? I've always thought the things looked pretty ugly, but an architect seems to think they'll be great painted in a large open common room. Bottom chord only at 12'.






RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
It is strictly an interior architecturaltreatment to lose the ceiling if they are black. If they are high, white gives airiness and interesting shadows.
Some people even paint the ceilings in the basement black to lose the mess and utilities.
Nothing structural unless you are an engineer unless you have nothing else to do except analyze the structural system.
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
If you're going to celebrate the "structure" you should start with new bldgs. joist bridging all over the place, random peaces of torched metal sticking out, steel members shimmed up, field splices with big gorilla welds, sheet metal scraps thrown down and puddle welded, bent bridging, a couple of heavily dinged joists . never saw it after they finished but it wasn't pretty when i saw it.
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
RE: Architecturally Exposed Lightgage Roof Trusses
We put spacers between and a 6"x2 laid flat across the bottom to provide lateral buckling capacity of the bottom chord.
The good thing about the spacers between is that small holes can be drilled through the 6 by between the trusses for light fitting chords.
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