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    Michel60 replied to the thread Is this structure braced?.
    How tall is the pop-up? For a reality check would a wall at each end with an effective length of 3-4 feet get the job done? For...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    For the typical truss area it's nothing too unusual with membrane roofing (PVC/TPO) and maybe a PV array it's in the 15-17psf range...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Thanks for the demonstration. Luckily I'm here in sunny coastal California where nothing much ever happens, until the ground shakes...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    I've always assumed that trusses provide will for practical purposes be my trusses, beginning to end, never mind someone else's stamp...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Actually use a bit of what you suggest and one more. Once I looked at what I would like for girder layout, chords/drags/collectors I...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    I know I've given scant information on the bigger picture here but basically too much water under the bridge before it ever reached me...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Once I have a better handle on all the required loading (and I haven't already decided that just stick framing it serves the project...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Ultimately it will be my decision to make, no doubt about that. In my jurisdiction (possibly in others too) its common for the EOR to be...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Thank you, I do greatly appreciate the encouraging words. To elaborate a bit more on my initial questioning of the profile and it's...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    I do appreciate the imagines are inadequate but they are what I have at the moment. Ultimately there well be a full design package...
  • Michel60
    Michel60 replied to the thread Truss or not a Truss?.
    Very useful, just the kind of insight I needed. Thanks KootK.
  • Michel60
    I've lurked around the site for a number of years now, offering my $0.02 occasionally (maybe two-bits with inflation and tariff). I now...
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