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Roof Truss Plates???\ 11 years 2 months ago #51927

Casey Patten Topic Author Offline Platinum Member Posts: 1541 Thank you received: 0	1970's house, found these plates on the rafters. Really not sure what material they are or if they're sufficient? Any thoughts??? Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Roof Truss Plates???\ 11 years 2 months ago #51932

Michael Clark Offline Platinum Member Posts: 440 Thank you received: 0	They look homemade to me ??? Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Roof Truss Plates???\ 11 years 2 months ago #51942

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I am in sort of an argumentative mood tonight so I am going to play devil's advocate on all the threads.

Yep, they look homemade. But that in an of itself is not a defect. 4 nails on the other hand isn't sufficient. Metal plate gussets would be allowed if they meet an engineers specs. Normally 20 ga galvanized steel, 1 1/2 inch 11ga nails in a specific pattern.

Early trusses were done with plywood gussets and nails. Ask any firefighter what they would like as a connector in a burning building. 9 out of 10 will take a plywood gusset and nails or a metal plate and nails over those damn factory installed metal gussets that penetrate maybe 1/4 inch. Everyday and twice on Sunday.

Looks hokey to me.

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Re: Roof Truss Plates???\ 11 years 2 months ago #51947

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yeah, I think the engineered gussets are designed for a specific number and pattern. I was thinking if they are home made, what are they made of? The fender of a 54 Massey Ferguson Farm tractor the homeowner had laying around?

On the other hand, they do look stout, I couldn't tell from the pic, but they almost looked brass.

Are you going to use "hokey" in your report comment, Casey? ;D

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