Purlins & Sections

STRUCTURAL SECTIONS

Eaves Struts

Thomas Panels and Profiles Eaves Struts are designed to provide effective support and restraint to the first upslope purlin, forming an important structural link between the eaves beam and the roof system.

Acting as both a stabilising and load-sharing component, eaves struts help maintain alignment at the roof edge while improving the overall rigidity of the secondary steelwork arrangement.

MAIN FEATURES

Eaves struts are available in three different sizes to suit the corresponding series of Thomas Panels and Profiles eaves beams, ensuring compatibility across the full structural range. Their design allows for angular adjustment, enabling the strut to be set accurately to match the roof pitch.

For each project, Thomas Panels and Profiles calculate the required strut length based on the roof angle and the distance between the eaves beam and the first purlin, ensuring correct fitment and performance.

Technical Function and Benefits

Support for the First Upslope Purlin

The primary function of an eaves strut is to brace and support the first upslope purlin, helping control deflection and maintaining the correct geometry at the roof edge where loads and forces often concentrate.

Load Transfer and Stability

Eaves struts assist in transferring loads from the purlin system back into the eaves beam and primary frame. This helps reduce localised stresses and improves structural stability under wind uplift, cladding loads, and installation forces.

Lateral and Rotational Restraint

By linking the purlin to the eaves beam, the strut helps limit rotation and lateral movement, particularly before full cladding restraint is achieved. This improves installation safety and long-term system performance.

System Integration

Eaves struts can be used alongside stiffening cleats and dedicated eaves supports, which provide additional reinforcement to the bottom flange of the eaves beam where required. This combination enhances rigidity and allows the system to be tailored to different loading conditions and structural configurations.

Highly versatile and precision manufactured, Thomas Panels and Profiles eaves struts provide a practical and adjustable solution for stabilising roof edges while ensuring accurate installation and dependable structural performance.