Menards Trusses Quality - Fine Homebuilding
2018年12月2日 · Does anyone have any experience with Menards trusses (Midwest Manufacturing)? I can get them quite a bit cheaper than from a traditional lumber yard. Just curious if the quality suffers because of the low price, or if they are fairly well built trusses. The trusses are custom built 30′ clear span, not something off the shelf. Thank you in advance
How it Works: Roof Trusses - Fine Homebuilding
In this “How It Works” column, structural engineer Rob Munach explains how trusses carry their loads and how T-bracing and roof sheathing add strength. An illustration shows the compression and tension ratings of a truss that has been modeled with a combined dead, live, and snow load of 40 lb. per sq. ft. Munach stresses that trusses cannot ...
Introduction to Roof Trusses - Fine Homebuilding
Trusses are an engineered lumber product, and, like all engineered lumber products, they are part of an engineered system. It’s essential to understand how trussed-roof systems work and why truss designers specify the details of the specific system you’re working with. It’s also important to understand how to store, move, and handle trusses.
Boss, Scissor Truss - Fine Homebuilding
2006年9月23日 · One other limiting factor is that you can piggyback a truss like that. Occasionally that is a limiting factor in the bottom chord pitch of scissor trusses. As you guessed - Parallel chord scissor trusses cost a lot more than conventional trusses. Every piece you add takes more lumber, labor and plates. Cost is always a big issue on residential ...
All About Roof Trusses - Fine Homebuilding
1994年7月1日 · Trusses are efficient in their use of lumber. Where a conventionally framed roof might require 2×8 rafters spaced 16 in. o.c., for instance, trusses for the same roof might be made entirely of 2x4s and spaced 2 ft. o.c. and use 15% to 25% less wood. When you’re used to beefy 2x rafters, trusses take a little getting used to: They look spindly.
Broken roof trusses - Fine Homebuilding
2019年1月19日 · I have a neo-colonial that was built in 1984. I bought it 11 years ago and I had noticed back then that one of the trusses had a continuous lateral brace that was separated from the truss plate at the peak. Since then, I now have four trusses in a row (2' on center) that are either partially or totally separated from the peak. I am not aware of any tree damage prior to …
Late truss delivery - Fine Homebuilding
2002年6月29日 · Last year I gave a contractor a hand for one day to set some trusses. There were four of us - the trusses were 12/12 with a living area in the attic. (= big heavy & required single setting w/crane). The trusses were sposed to be there at 10am, got there at 5:30pm, took us 45 min. to set, and I went home.
Types of Roof Trusses - Fine Homebuilding
Long spans (over 40 ft.) are possible with simple trusses so that large open rooms may be designed with roof loads bearing only on the perimeter walls. Interior walls may simply be partition walls and may be repositioned without compromising the roof structure. A second advantage of roof trusses is the reduction in roof framing labor.
Roof valley with trusses - Fine Homebuilding
2006年11月15日 · This pic shows how the large 40.5″ overhang and 13.5″ heelstand is done with the common trusses, and how “clipped tail” trusses are required at the valley. Building size and truss layout determined that trusses meet in valleys without their tails coming together.
Rolling Roof Trusses - Fine Homebuilding
Around here, trusses are delivered in bundles held together with steel strapping. The number of trusses per bundle depends on the size of the roof and usually the types of trusses. For this project, there were three bundles: the porch trusses, …