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<p>Rafter framing is the basic roof frame that, through the trusses, transfers the load from the roofing to the main supports of the building. The construction material of these structures is usually wood. The development of roof framing construction for wider and wider covers has caused an increased demand for construction timber for their construction. This paper points to this economic aspect based on an example of a geometric pattern of a rafter framing based on repetitive construction of full and partial girders. For such an understanding of the use of simple trusses by carpentry masters who constructed roof framings in past centuries, it is pointed out in Ryszard Ganowicz’s works titled “Historical roof trusses of Polish churches” with section by Piotr Rapp’s “Historical development of roof structures in Polish churches”. This work is intended to provide an initial estimate of the percentage of wood saved in this solution. This assessment will be made on the basis of the inventory documentation of the roof framing of the church of the Michael the Archangel Church in Wierzbnik.</p>
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Rafter framing is the basic roof frame that, through the trusses, transfers the load from the roofing to the main supports of the building. The construction material of these structures is usually wood. The development of roof framing construction for wider and wider covers has caused an increased demand for construction timber for their construction. This paper points to this economic aspect based on an example of a geometric pattern of a rafter framing based on repetitive construction of full and partial girders. For such an understanding of the use of simple trusses by carpentry masters who constructed roof framings in past centuries, it is pointed out in Ryszard Ganowicz’s works titled “Historical roof trusses of Polish churches” with section by Piotr Rapp’s “Historical development of roof structures in Polish churches”. This work is intended to provide an initial estimate of the percentage of wood saved in this solution. This assessment will be made on the basis of the inventory documentation of the roof framing of the church of the Michael the Archangel Church in Wierzbnik.

Full and Partial Structures of Historical Roof Trusses in Assessment of Volume of Timber Used for Construction

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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Rafter framing is the basic roof frame that, through the trusses, transfers the load from the roofing to the main supports of the building. The construction...

Full and Partial Structures of Historical Roof Trusses in Assessment of Volume of Timber Used for Construction

Published Online: Apr 04, 2019

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Nov 06, 2017

Accepted: Aug 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-033

Keywords
Historic buildings, Rafter framing, Roof framings, Modular construction

© 2018 Magdalena Chylewska-Szabat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Full and Partial Structures of Historical Roof Trusses in Assessment of Volume of Timber Used for Construction

Published Online: Apr 04, 2019

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Nov 06, 2017

Accepted: Aug 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-033

KeywordsHistoric buildings, Rafter framing, Roof framings, Modular construction

© 2018 Magdalena Chylewska-Szabat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Historic buildings, Rafter framing, Roof framings, Modular construction