Fitting Roof Truss Clips

I had had some sleepless nights thinking through the truss designs and plotting my lifting contraption.

Fitting roof truss clips.

Pull the tape measure along the length of your roof and climb up the ladder in the new position to take your measurement. I fixed each truss to the wall plates with galvanised truss clips. They are relatively inexpensive and if you want to install them by yourself then they just require a little bit of care and attention. Trusses are made up of diverse even members that can be made of wood or metal and then arranged into triangular shapes.

This video illustrates each step in safely erecting roof trusses as well as related topics like risk management falls protection and manual handling. Insert the pre cut structural blocking to fit securely between the underside of the floor ceiling joist or roof trusses. Climb a ladder near the corner of your roof and tape the end of your tape measure against the rafter using duct tape. It was a big relief once the trusses were in place and secure.

These clips work by further strengthening the bond between the roof and the walls of your house so the roof does not blow away in a hurricane. Use a tape measure to find the length of your roof. Using 8 minimum self drilling screws secure the blocking to steel framing of 8d nail to wood framing using the pre punched holes. Insert a 6 cm 3 1 2 inch nail through the truss base where it sets on the wall plate.

It was an even bigger relief that they fitted because there isn t much you can do to a pre made truss if it doesn t. Make sure that the roof truss is aligned properly on each side of the wall plates. Use katz blocking at 4 o c. For example when setting trusses you will rest each of the two ends of the truss onto opposite walls which have wall plates at the top of each wall.

Get off of your ladder and reposition it at the other end of your roof. Truss clips and framing anchors in timber roof construction the timbers trusses or rafters need securing to the wall plate. A roof truss is a tectonic framework of some type of dedicated support material that can perfectly traverse the free space above a room.