ayespy
Electrical
- Jun 10, 2003
- 5
After six years in a wide range of construction fields and 25 years out of construction, I'm adding a 2nd floor to my house. I've framed it and am ready to roll roof trusses. Truss company delivered 2/12 single-pitch trusses for roof, and two turned out to be just about exactly 2 feet short (16' instead of 18'). Truss designer admitted his mistake and ordered repair frames, which arrived on site today.
I'v never used repair frames before. They're just about 6' long, overlapping the "too short" trusses by 4'. My natural inclination would be to face-nail the overlapping sections together and then add a 2x4 scab to the side of the repair frame along the top chord for the last two feet to extend the line of the original truss and provide backing at my sheathing seam.
Am I talking thorugh my hat here?
I'v never used repair frames before. They're just about 6' long, overlapping the "too short" trusses by 4'. My natural inclination would be to face-nail the overlapping sections together and then add a 2x4 scab to the side of the repair frame along the top chord for the last two feet to extend the line of the original truss and provide backing at my sheathing seam.
Am I talking thorugh my hat here?