These videos are SPECTACULAR! Wow! So incredibly helpful and useful...wish you had more though I know how time-intensive thorough videos like this are. Best roof truss videos I've found and I've been consistently looking for about 2 weeks.
My dad called those gang nails. Buy the way he was an ironworker and built his roof with home made iron trusses and bar joist. Then heavy guage metal decking,then 5/8 plywood bolted (not screwed) to the decking,felt and shingles. The county inspectors did not know how to inspect it. Roof would have easily held a one ton truck. Boy I mis my ol Man, drank many a beer with him. This was in Seminole county Florida 1970.
Don't see the video on the engineering. Specifications for the screws, size, length, hardness, finish. Pattern and spacing of the screws. Does each screw pass through both scabs and the original truss member or just the original truss member and one of the scabs?
I would like to know any Attic Trust Repair Constructor around Southern California to work on replacing attic struss framing of my house. I appreciate for your help. Thanks in advance
The trusses in my attic look the same but they are 2 x 4. My house 'pops' creaks' 'bangs' make all sorts of noises. My idea is to use 5/8" plywood and connect all the rafter supports together with a 4 8 sheet cut to cover were the three supports connect to the rafter. But I'd like to shore up the roof by places supports below the ridge rafter before applying the plywood. The real problem is that there is too much weight on the roof. The tiles are made of concrete not clay.
Where's the #2 video? It would be helpful to put the next video link in the video description, or a link to the playlist. UA-cam wants to play whatever it thinks should be played next (hint, not #2 video).
I didn't think they made roofs like that 40 years ago. Hopefully those plates aren't allowed anymore. Ring Shank nails and good wood are the only way to go!
Substandard wood? I don't think so. Those trusses are only 2x4. The plates can only hold so much stress. Piling up roof shingles in one spot is most likely what caused it. They are very heavy and the trusses are not designed to take that much weight.
Jameson Cross yes, there is a method for stacking and distributing roof materials, someone most likely flubbed up tossing materials haphazardly. Happens occasionally and this is the result. He mentioned that’s what happened during a reroof .
@@stevelopez372 the wood isn't substandard I don't think. I THE only way that would he if there were a lot of knots in them. I do not see any evidence of that.
According to the building code, the snow load where I live in the North East (NJ) is 20 lbs/sq foot. Trusses are designed to handle the snow load, but if you add to that a few bundles of asphault shingles stacked in one place, the 20 lbs per square foot will be exceeded several times.
@@lxmzhg You are correct. Adding to that scenario, an 80 lb bundle of shingles dropped from a shoulder height of 5 ft hits the surface of the roof with 400 ft lbs of kinetic energy. This kind of damage happens far more than most people realize and its usually not caught until years later.
Thank you for creating this video and trying to educate the internet. However, the problems you shown hints that the roof trusses were, likely, overloaded. Any repair work should start with finding out the root cause of the problem and then engineering a repair plan. A structural engineer must be involved and a building permit must be obtained to carry out such work.
The whole designing & engineering of Trusses & Gables is kind of Stone Age technology, nothing new or innovative. To further exacerbate the situation, the builders use the cheapest wood they can get. If you use good hard wood, when it gets old it becomes so tough that it becomes harder to drill a hole in them. Lastly, I hate the Gusset/Connector Plate business. Santa Clause doesn’t need to jump on the roof to displace the gussets. Upon doing a microscopic inspection of any 50 year old house you will find that they would appear to be attached but have lost their firm grip due to expansion/contraction etc.
These videos are SPECTACULAR! Wow! So incredibly helpful and useful...wish you had more though I know how time-intensive thorough videos like this are. Best roof truss videos I've found and I've been consistently looking for about 2 weeks.
My dad called those gang nails. Buy the way he was an ironworker and built his roof with home made iron trusses and bar joist. Then heavy guage metal decking,then 5/8 plywood bolted (not screwed) to the decking,felt and shingles. The county inspectors did not know how to inspect it. Roof would have easily held a one ton truck. Boy I mis my ol Man, drank many a beer with him. This was in Seminole county Florida 1970.
Don't see the video on the engineering. Specifications for the screws, size, length, hardness, finish. Pattern and spacing of the screws. Does each screw pass through both scabs and the original truss member or just the original truss member and one of the scabs?
Shut up
Great video, thank you
Nice video. Informative and good video quality
Donyou not add additional screws or nails tonthe metal plates?
Thank you. I am seeing many loose gang plates too. Not excited to go up there.
How did the house pass the initial inspection? Also it looks like your shingle nails are short?
Thanks for the vid, key take away, contact engineer and find out how to fix the problem, good application of engineered fix.
This is a good way to avoid hammering on the trusses.
2 hammers and some well placed and calibrated blows to either side with the right timing lol hammer ninja
I was gonna comment that lmao “sandwich that mf”
Um, the wood didn't fail, the connector plate did.
Nice video quality.
I would like to know any Attic Trust Repair Constructor around Southern California to work on replacing attic struss framing of my house. I appreciate for your help. Thanks in advance
The trusses in my attic look the same but they are 2 x 4. My house 'pops' creaks' 'bangs' make all sorts of noises. My idea is to use 5/8" plywood and connect all the rafter supports together with a 4 8 sheet cut to cover were the three supports connect to the rafter. But I'd like to shore up the roof by places supports below the ridge rafter before applying the plywood. The real problem is that there is too much weight on the roof. The tiles are made of concrete not clay.
Where's the #2 video? It would be helpful to put the next video link in the video description, or a link to the playlist. UA-cam wants to play whatever it thinks should be played next (hint, not #2 video).
The gassette plate needs no nails?
not to mention, that top cord is misssing some lumber on the splice so you would need a longer plate, like a 3x8 or 3x10
Why would you want to reuse that gusset plate that is already working itself loose?
builder skimped on the cheap trusses and passed the problem to the next guy.
wowo some company should doing a good job the that house repair.
show us how it is done please
Just look at the other sistered boards around his head and you'll know how he fixed it. Not rocket science by any means.
Hard to believe that cuts and joins were allowed on the top chords of the truss.
I didn't think they made roofs like that 40 years ago. Hopefully those plates aren't allowed anymore. Ring Shank nails and good wood are the only way to go!
Those plates are used in 99% of all truss construction today. Stop by any new house under construction and you will see what i mean.
@@ambulet this is the only way houses have been built in the Phoenix AZ area for at least 40 years but many older houses have them too.
Substandard wood? I don't think so. Those trusses are only 2x4. The plates can only hold so much stress. Piling up roof shingles in one spot is most likely what caused it. They are very heavy and the trusses are not designed to take that much weight.
Jameson Cross yes, there is a method for stacking and distributing roof materials, someone most likely flubbed up tossing materials haphazardly. Happens occasionally and this is the result. He mentioned that’s what happened during a reroof .
@@stevelopez372 the wood isn't substandard I don't think. I THE only way that would he if there were a lot of knots in them. I do not see any evidence of that.
According to the building code, the snow load where I live in the North East (NJ) is 20 lbs/sq foot. Trusses are designed to handle the snow load, but if you add to that a few bundles of asphault shingles stacked in one place, the 20 lbs per square foot will be exceeded several times.
@@lxmzhg You are correct. Adding to that scenario, an 80 lb bundle of shingles dropped from a shoulder height of 5 ft hits the surface of the roof with 400 ft lbs of kinetic energy. This kind of damage happens far more than most people realize and its usually not caught until years later.
There the worst trusses ive ever seen...
Lots of sister joining...
you would not wanna reuse that plate on that splice, i bet alot of the teeeth are bent witch makes that plate no good..
and we use here timber 150x100 cm on roofs....they get away with "matches" :D
Sir, you need a safety hat to work inside the attic because there are many nails above your head.
He will gouge his head and spill blood all over, then he will go get the bump cap.
Thank you for creating this video and trying to educate the internet. However, the problems you shown hints that the roof trusses were, likely, overloaded.
Any repair work should start with finding out the root cause of the problem and then engineering a repair plan. A structural engineer must be involved and a building permit must be obtained to carry out such work.
The whole designing & engineering of Trusses & Gables is kind of Stone Age technology, nothing new or innovative.
To further exacerbate the situation, the builders use the cheapest wood they can get. If you use good hard wood, when it gets old it becomes so tough that it becomes harder to drill a hole in them.
Lastly, I hate the Gusset/Connector Plate business. Santa Clause doesn’t need to jump on the roof to displace the gussets. Upon doing a microscopic inspection of any 50 year old house you will find that they would appear to be attached but have lost their firm grip due to expansion/contraction etc.
First, I wear a hard hat bk of the roofing nails comming thru
Such poor original work .
man you build your houses out of paper.