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Attic Roof Truss Companies in the UK

  • Tailor Made Designs Ltd specialise in the design, manufacture, supply & erection of timber frame houses and engineered timber products. We operate...

  • Minera are specialists in the design, manufacture and supply of roof trusses to your site in 5 working days. We are experts in complex roof design including...

  • Thomas Armstrong (Timber) Ltd
    Manufacturers of chipboard based draw wrap and draw fronts, together with a section dedicated to the making of bed frame components. Pallets, packing cases and crates are produced using the latest automated production techniques.
  • Fforest Timber Engineering Ltd
    Fforest Timber Engineering are independent specialists in design, production & supply of high quality, made to measure, timber roof trusses, timber frames & buildings and engineered ‘Easi-joists’. Our timber frame service covers open frame panels and floor & roof structures. We offer an installation service throughout South, Mid & West Wales, Herefordshire, Bristol, Gloucester & the South West.
  • John B. Smith Ltd
    One of Teesside's longest established family businesses has been serving the key players in the trussed rafter and construction industries for over 160 years.
  • Scotts of Thrapston Ltd
    Scotts of Thrapston has an enviable reputation for high quality, specialist timber products including summerhouses, stables, garages, outbuildings, performance doors, period windows, roof trusses and engineered flooring.
  • Merronbrook Ltd
    Merronbrook manufacture timber frame structures, floor joists and roof trusses. We are a major designer and manufacturer in both the timber frame housing and commercial sectors including timber framed care homes and sports pavilions. We also design and manufacture trussed rafters for both major national house builders and the smaller developers, as well as the new floor joist system, easi-joist.
  • Dover Trussed Roof Co Ltd
    Manufacturing trussed rafters since 1967 and is one of the most experienced fabricators in Southern England.
  • Yorkshire Timber Engineering Ltd
    One of Yorkshire's leading providers of Roof Trusses and Engineered Floor Joist and Timber Frame solutions and specialise in creating top quality, cost-effective timber frame structures for a wide range of buildings; from large multi-storey apartment blocks to traditional houses and extensions.
  • Nuneaton Roof Truss Ltd
    We are a family run business specialising in the design and manufacture of roof trusses and components. We supply roof trusses ranging from a simple garage truss to major building structures to builders, architects and builders merchants.
  • Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd
    We have a roof truss capacity of 17,000 per week, underlining our position as the first truly national manufacturer and supplier of roof trusses and engineered timber products. We also specialise in the design and construction of timber floor systems.
  • Flight Timber Products Ltd
    Flight Timber Products Ltd designs, manufactures, delivers and erects timber frame structures, roof trusses, staircases and bespoke joinery throughout the UK.
 

Where to buy attic roof trusses

  • Tailor Made Designs Ltd - Unit 8 Sigeric Business Park, Holme Lacy Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR2 6BQ, 01432 355046
  • Minera Roof Trusses Ltd - Five Crosses Industrial Estate, Minera, Wrexham, LL11 3RD, 01978 758869

Hi,

I live in a 1920's mid terrace house and the spliced purlings are parting...is there a clamp or method to draw these back together and secure them?

Thanks,

Mick

Mick,

Very difficult to suggest a solution without close inspection of the roof structure.

I’m guessing that what you are describing is what was quite often a rather rough lapped joint in the purlins...originally there would be have been a couple of props supporting the purlins. Are these still there?

If the “parting” is very significant this may have been caused by some structural movement in the roof. Sometimes timbers are simply removed by homeowners because they are in the way. Over time this permits excessive deflection in roof timbers and sagging in the roof.

Doubtless there will be a solution - do get some further independent professional advice. It’ll save you money in the long run. I often ask for photos these days to be able to provide an initial remote diagnosis.

Regards,

Leigh Tugwood - Architect - www.ap-studio.co.uk

Can an attic roof truss span 10m without intermediate supports ie. can the space underneath be totally open plan?

Room in the Roof (RIR) or attic trussed rafters provide the structural roof and floor in the same component. For large spans internal, intermediate supports may be needed within the non-habitable spaces of the trussed rafters. In some cases the trusses may need to be produced in two parts. Your Local Authority Building Control Team will be able to advise you on the necessary requirements to meet current legislation.

Fforest Timber Engineering featured above also provides a link to a TRA product data sheet for room in the roof trusses. This includes a table of typical 'RIR' configurations which gives the size of loft room available for differing configurations of span and pitch, which may be helpful.

Kind regards

Debbie Prince - The Construction Centre

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