Jemes Glulam Trusses

Brian and Sharon Jemes - happy residents of their new custom home in Latah County Idaho - invited us (the Design Team) out to look at their finished project.  My role was to provide structural engineering.  Eye-catching of course are the custom glulam timber trusses for their Great/Living Room.  The trusses are made of nominal 6 x 6 and 6 x 12 Douglas fir 2400F-1.8E members (actual sizes 5-1/8 x 6 and 5-1/8 x 12) connected with steel bolts in double shear and metal side plates.  The original configuration of the trusses called for a lower ridge beam passing through the truss joints and cantilever supporting the lower, outer roof.  Subsequent design called for more of a self supporting outer (lower) roof and thus the lower ridge beam became non-structural and could itself be `jointed'.  The knee-brace features of the truss are non-structural and were chosen to `bring down' the roof-ceiling.  IMO the trusses are beautiful!!!

(Left to Right - LOL: Sharon and Brian Jemes)

The Team: Wendy, Myself, Pam, and Karen.

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