Irrespective of whether you’re designing a roof truss for the first time or the five thousandth time, getting this essential part of the build process spot-on is of utmost importance. As a house builder or an architect, you need be confident that the roof truss decisions you make are right, and that you have the best support and supplier behind you.
With a whole range of different options and solutions, that are growing (almost) by the day, it can become virtually a full time job to keep up with roof truss developments. Working with a roof truss expert you can trust and who keeps up to date for you means your solutions stand out from the crowd without consuming too much of your time.
Take the team at Ochil Timber. We pride ourselves on working closely with the architects and house builders who put their confidence in us. We help them stay ahead of the game when it comes to roof truss design, as well as allowing them to enjoy the peace of mind and economies that are to be gained by making the right choices.
At a very basic level, if you’re approaching roof truss design for the first time, here’s what we’d recommend you pay particular attention to:
1. Roof Truss Design
While we’d never tell any house builder or architect how to design a roof truss (unless they asked of course), we’re very aware that like most things in life, there are various options when it comes to roof trusses. From the simplest to the most complex, at a very basic level, care needs to be taken over pitch and surface area. In order to be doubly sure to get things right, we recommend you choose a supplier who lives and breathes roof truss design and will help you find the right solutions to even the most complex of problems.
2. Material
The right design won’t only make your life easier, it often means that less timber is called for. What this means is that even the most exciting and challenging projects can be achieved within budget. Working with top quality material is a given, but using it in a smart way means that you get a whole lot more for your investment. For these reasons it’s important that you work with a supplier who’s committed to offering sustainably sourced, accredited timber varieties at a good price so you can keep all your clients happy.
3. Innovation
In this day and age, it’s important to choose a supplier who embraces technology in such a way that it enables them to deliver on even the most innovative of projects. Curved roofs, mono-pitched roofs and room-in-the-loft designs are daily events for a forward looking supplier. And the right supplier will love nothing more than when a house builder or an architect throws them a real challenge. Once again, we’d recommend that you seek out a supplier who’s committed to finding innovative solutions that work; to providing you with ideas you mightn’t otherwise think of, and who helps you and your client get the result you’d only dared dream of.
4. Ease of installation
There’s little point in finding an innovative, environmentally friendly roof truss design that means your build suddenly becomes a whole lot more complex than it was before. The roof truss part in the house build process is only one part of a complex range of stages. That’s why the right supplier will make it their business to make sure that the roof trusses they supply add speed and simplicity to your overall build process.
5. Expertise and support
You mightn’t need it every time, but knowing you’re working with a manufacturer and supplier who knows their trade and knows enough about yours to be able to make your life easier is incredibly comforting. For this reason, it’s important to make sure the manufacturer/supplier you choose has a reputation for being there when you need them. On the end of a phone or face-to-face, knowing you have someone to help you through the unforeseen, as well as making the simple even simpler is worth its weight in gold.
We Can Help
At Ochil Timber, we provide all of these things and a whole lot more.
We have almost 45 years’ worth of happy clients who tell us we deliver on every aspect of our remit. In our book, design and manufacture go hand-in-hand and we make it our business to make sure you get the very best of both worlds every time. If you’d like help to tackle a roof truss design, all you need to do is ask.