wood trusses installed upside down
wood trusses installed upside down
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What would be structural impact of wood trusses installed upside down to the manufacturers specifications?
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RE: wood trusses installed upside down
This could be bad.
RE: wood trusses installed upside down
Unfortunately, this is the least of your problems... Most wood trusses are designed and economized to their installed orientation. In other words, you may have #2 wood for the top plate and dss for the bottom. Now that it is "upside down", the dss will work, but the #2 may or may not. (dss = dense select structural)
Another problem is the orientation of the web members and the connector plates that connect everything together are location specific.
It would be best to get your manufacturer's engineer involved to plan a remedy.
RE: wood trusses installed upside down
RE: wood trusses installed upside down
RE: wood trusses installed upside down
We see all kinds of nutter stuff from architects on almost a weekly basis.
RE: wood trusses installed upside down