Roof Truss Ridge Beam

Ridge beam sizing is based on the span of the beam between supports and the amount of roof load supported by the beam.

Roof truss ridge beam.

A ridge board is a non structural member that serves as a prop for opposing rafters to rest against and connect to. This is an example of a double roof with principal rafters and common rafters. Two king post trusses linked to support a roof. A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof.

Our roots are in the manufacturing of glu laminated wood timbers offering glu laminated posts beams arches timber trusses bridges and pavilions. Yes either a ridge board or a ridge beam is necessary and required by the building code where roof rafters meet at the the center of their span. It is often used to prevent separation of the rafters during high winds but can also be used simply to frame the ceiling. Known as the leading manufacturer of metal plated wood roof floor trusses in the east rigidply trusses are manufactured for residential commercial post frame and many other applications.

A horizontal beam that connects two rafters near the ridge of a roof. So called because it is the horizontal beam that supports the ends of the rafters at the ridge. The difference between them is that a ridge beam is a structural member that bears half of the live and dead loads of the rafters on either side of it but a ridge board is not structural.