Corroded Truss Plates; Corrosion of truss plates and/or nails is another of the prominent causal factors in roof collapse, and it is particularly common in agricultural and industrial buildings.

The investigation revealed a lightweight truss system. The gusset plates had fallen off many of the truss components. By contrast, of the surviving two-by-four-inch truss members, ...

It’s best to have one continuous top and tie plate, but that’s not possible on longer walls. When multiple plates are necessary, keep top plate end joints a minimum of 24 in. away from tie ...

Lightweight wood truss construction is being used more and more with new construction because it offers builders cost savings, easier access to run utilities and ventilation, and can support a ...

Truss plates started growing over time, and they’re considerably larger today than they were back then. So at some point in time, it seems the industry figured out that they had a problem and ...

Walking along the catwalk, drag each truss until its bottom cord is over its mark on the wall plate. The peak of each successive truss will lay over the one in front of it.

The truss plate largely made building with open rafters a thing of the past, as builders turned to factory-built trusses, Hicks says. A key difference is the inner boards that support a truss’s ...

Truss components are designed to work together, Cone said. If one of the plates is crooked or not stamped securely to the wood, then the load can be transferred to the other parts of the system ...

Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new residential construction makes use of trusses to support the roof.