Truss type 1

Horizontal wooden beams as frames

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Sub-types

• Truss type 1.A: Beam in sockets or holes in the walls of the tower or belfry
• Truss type 1.B: Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry
• Truss type 1.C: Beam on a ledge or offset in the walls of the tower or belfry, or resting on sills of the belfry window openings
• Truss type 1.D: Beam on and at right angles to timber wall-plates or bearers
• Truss type 1.E: Beam between and jointed at right angles to wooden beams
• Truss type 1.F: Beam fixed between upright timber posts or studs (e.g. of a timber turret)
• Truss type 1(i): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam supported by independent wall posts (themselves resting on a corbel, offset, or timber support at the lower end)
• Truss type 1(ii): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam supported by central post (resting on the floor or on a beam at the lower end)
• Truss type 1(iii): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam braced to a wall (braces in sockets in wall or on corbel at the lower end)
• Truss type 1(iv): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam braced to vertical posts (posts to corbels or transverse beams at the lower end)
• Truss type 1(v): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam braced by insersecting braces (or X braces) to posts (posts to corbels or transverse beams at the lower end)
• Truss type 1(vi): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam braced to upright timber posts or studs (usually part of the main structure of the tower or turret)
• Truss type 1(vii): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam supported by a timber post at one end and by a structural feature at the other
• Truss type 1(viii): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam supported by a post in the centre with braces from post to beam
• Truss type 1(ix): Horizontal wooden beams as frames; beam cantilevered from wall, with braced support (often found in covered shelters projecting from the gable end of a root)