Is it more expensive to order prefabricated trusses and get a crane or build the trusses on site?
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prefabricated trusses and typically less expensive when they are fabricated for repetitive use in housing project with similarly designed roofs. If the roof is a standard Gable this helps in cost reduction. A Hip roof or a roof with numerous offsets with try or coffered ceilings it is more cost effective to stick frame or conventionally frame this roof. (answered by a framing contractor of 33 years)

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