Bar Joist Roof Trusses

Standard truss designs are available from 10 wide through 100 wide clear spans with option for half trusses self supporting overhangs and mezzanine systems.

Bar joist roof trusses. Steel joists handle loads and span conditions that a tradition wood system cannot typically handle. Therefore steel bar joists or also known as open web steel joists for framing floors and roofs offer many advantages when compared to a wood truss or steel beam system. The use of k series joists in the framing of floors and roofs offers huge advantages when compared to wood truss and steel beam systems. Trusses are also available in gambrel and single slope.

Bar joist is a beam that takes place of a post. These joist must have stamped plans. Trusses can be set on wood post or supplied with steel columns and can be engineered for any location and load. Other pitches are available prices vary.

This will enable the customer to have either a 20 or 24 side wall opening depending on the truss spacing. Bar joist are 24 00 per foot on sizes of 10 16 20 and 24 feet. These concentrated loads often include standard steel joists that are in turn supporting steel roof or floor deck. Typically used in non residential construction steel joists and joist girders provide an economical system for supporting floors and roofs.

30 feet is available for 27 00 per foot. Crating and bundling for a box truck this is necessary when not shipping on a flatbed truck. U s steel truss mezzanine system is available to work with our steel columns as part of a truss package and can be designed to carry loads up to 100. A bar joist is a structural component used to frame floors or roofs.

The design of these joists helps distribute the weight of a floor or roof structure to the walls or foundations at either end of the joist. Lean to trusses are on a 2 12 pitch. These joists easily handle spans that wood systems cannot handle while their lightweight construction makes them much less costly than steel beams. Bar joists feature a similar design to trusses including the same triangular web pattern but are generally smaller and more lightweight than most trusses.

Made of lightweight materials makes them a less costly alternative in building construction. Allowing for seamless integration of mechanical electrical and plumbing mep systems. Bar joist mezzanine steel truss. Each catalog can be viewed online downloaded or ordered where you will receive a hard copy in a few days.

A bar joist may be made from wood steel or composite materials depending on application and loads. Our latest catalogs are listed below. Snoot truss click picture to view snoot truss. Open web steel joists are an engineered truss like construction component used to support loads over short and long spans alike.