Roof Diaphragm
Roof Diaphragm
(OP)
If you have a gable style roof and you have the wind acting perp to the ridge, how does the diaphragm work? you need a compression and a tension chord however at the ridge these chords are not continuous. also if the gable end walls have sloped double plates how does this get tied to the walls that have level double plates. i haven't been able to find good details.






RE: Roof Diaphragm
The sloped top plate at each gable end does not need to tie to the level top plates at the truss bearing walls. Is that what you were wondering about in your second question?
DaveAtkins
RE: Roof Diaphragm
tie together at the ridge? I think they would need to. If they didn't how would I have a continuous compression or tension chord? When you ran your analysis did both halves of the roof act as cantilevered diaphragms?
RE: Roof Diaphragm
DaveAtkins
RE: Roof Diaphragm
RE: Roof Diaphragm
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