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Truss Roof Gable End Wall Bracing - No Ceiling Diaphragm

Truss Roof Gable End Wall Bracing - No Ceiling Diaphragm

Truss Roof Gable End Wall Bracing - No Ceiling Diaphragm

(OP)
How do you 'typically' brace the gable wall of a trussed roof that does not have a ceiling diaphragm?
Do you try to span the top plate between some sort of x-bracing which transfers the load to the shear walls? Do you place this x-bracing on top of the bottom chords? How is the connection made at the gable wall? Also seems like it maybe difficult to run x-bracing through all the truss web members.

Thanks in advance!

EIT
www.HowToEngineer.com

RE: Truss Roof Gable End Wall Bracing - No Ceiling Diaphragm

Intermittent diagonal 2X_ struts from the wall double top plate back to the plywood roof diaphragm.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com

RE: Truss Roof Gable End Wall Bracing - No Ceiling Diaphragm

(OP)
Ah, yes. Brain Fart.

Thanks.

EIT
www.HowToEngineer.com

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