Connecting Floor Trusses

Bearing blocks may be nailed lagged or bolted to column sides.

Connecting floor trusses. Floor trusses weigh less than floor joists and some builders prefer them because the open truss design makes it simple to install wiring plumbing and ductwork. While joists consist of solid dimensional lumber trusses. Truss to column connections may include nails and or bolts. In designs with two single trusses most often a truss is placed on each side of sidewall columns on top of bearing blocks.

Tips on installing floor trusses. With trusses it is possible to prefabricate the pieces needed into modular frames that can be installed every 24 inches to frame a roof with much less time. 2 ply floor truss connection detail using mitek pro series wswh6 wswh638 wswh634. Roof trusses combine rafters and attic floor joists into a modular triangular unit that replaces the traditional roof framing method.

When the trusses are oriented parallel to the wall the simplest method of connecting a braced wall panel to the roof floor system above is to frame and sheath the wall up to the roof floor deck above and attach the roof floor sheathing to the double top plate of the braced wall panel with 6d common 0 113 x 2 0 nails at 6 on center as. In traditional framing the roof is built stick by stick. Trusses are attached in same fashion as bearing blocks. 2 ply floor truss connection detail using usp ws or simpson sds screws.