During the roof installation or re roofing process after the roof sheets are prepared it is time to support their framework by installing purlins.
Purlin supports roof.
The purlins are supported by vertical or slightly angled bracing.
A purlin plate in wood construction is also called an arcade plate in european english under purlin and principal purlin.
Check the purlin framework is correct aligned and levelled and make any.
The roof deck is the wood panel ply board or metal sheeting that creates the surface of the roof.
Metal roof purlins are installed horizontally under metal roofs.
How to support roof purlins.
When made of wood it is usually covered with some sort of weatherproofing and sometimes an insulation material.
The use of purlins as opposed to closely spaced rafters is common in pre engineered metal building systems and both the ancient post and beam and newer pole building timber frame construction.
Purlins can be fixed to rafters and all joins and laps should be supported by a rafter.
The purlins of a roof support the weight of the roof deck.
Once your purlins have been fitted and a supporting framework has been created you should look to carry out an inspection before you continue work.
By supporting the rafters they allow longer spans than the rafters alone.
Purlins support the loads from the roof deck or sheathing and are supported by the principal rafters and or the building walls steel beams etc.
Purlins as shown in sample photos below are installed for rafter support.
Purlin plates are beams which support the mid span of rafters and are supported by posts.
They are installed on top of the roof rafters with a felt underlayment or vapor barrier installed on top.
Purlins are 2 by 4 feet and are installed much like metal roofing.
The term plate means a major horizontal supporting timber.
The roof support system is a ridgepole and either rafters which run perpendicular from the top of the walls to the ridge or purlins which run parallel to the ridge.
They give added support to the roof and also provide a nailing surface for the end panels and drip edge.
Purlin plates in wooden construction.
Several kinds of purlins exist.