Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
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I am looking for some information on floor knee walls (continuous bearing truss) at exterior walls. Spacing of the studs and so on. Any information is greatly appreciated.
kunni
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RE: Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
Blocking and bracing for lateral forces is of course needed as well.
Jim Houlette PE
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RE: Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
Seems like a framed pony or full height stud wall would suffice.
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RE: Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
jhoulette: Typically the floor truss press cannot go over 3 1/2"; so what if the exterior wall is 2X6 @ 16" O.C. studs? Just matching the 16" O.C. studs on your continuous bearing truss (2X4)will suffice?
msquared: If you have units next to each other and the unit seperation wall is load bearing and the trusses are running width wise, you will need a CB(continuous bearing) truss or knee wall on the exterior wall. Normally GC uses pre-cut studs to frame the wall, so building a full height wall is not used for economic reasons.
Is there any codes or literaturs or information on the stud spacing? If the exterior wall is 2X6 @ 16" O.C. and if it is a 3 floor apt. building.
RE: Continuous Bearing Truss ( Floor)
With high loads bearing area tends to control. Squash blocks can then be used to increase bearing area at point loads.
I'm not aware of any specific codes or literature. Just the typical NDS wood code. I'm sure there is something from APA floating around.
Jim Houlette PE
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