Roof Trusses

I wanted to construct the 'roof trusses' before the walls, so that they were ready and waiting just to pop on the walls once built.  They are constructed out of 38 x 63 CLS timber.  Strengthening triangles (don't know what they are called) at the apex are cut from 18mm OSB flooring offcuts.







Stacked and ready.

The ends of the joists are already cut for attaching the fascia and soffits.  (I can never saw horizontally once fixed, for the soffit fixing!)

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