Floor Truss Strongback Detail

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Floor truss strongback detail. Roof truss repair details. Field peak cap connection detail. Floor truss bearing detail. Joint details roof floor truss manual 7 31 08 10 43 am page 11.

It serves to make the floor more comfortable for those living and working in a structure. Mitek floor truss system design flexibility allow a multitude of pre fabricated details that substantially speed up the installation on site. Floor truss repair details. Standard repair detail for missing section of top or bottom chord.

Deep residential floor system with trusses in lengths up to 19 ft. If you need a pathway across the strongback for an hvac or plumbing run you can cut the strongback making sure that no less than 3 joists are connected per strongback segment. For instance can three trusses of a type be tied together by strongbacks then the next series of different trusses be tied together without. Ok back to the question.

View the following detail guides. Standard repair detail for missing section of top or bottom chord. They should be securely. Non structural gable stud attachment.

Can the strongback bracing end at a truss without tying into an end wall. Floor truss bearing detail. Contact mitek engineering support for any questions. Top chord bearinga floor truss support condition in which the truss load is transferred to the bearing or support through the top chord and 4x4 block end detail.

Strongback installation detail strongback bridging is an excellent and inexpensive way to improve the overall rigidity of the floor system and eliminate vibration. Some of these standard details may be sealed upon request. Forming the top of the floor truss. Typical splice 4 0 0 attach to chord with two 12 x 3 wood screws 216 diam insert screw through outside face of chord into edge of strongback do not use drywall type screws insert wood screw through outside face of chord into edge of strongback.

When the 4x4 block length is extended this is referred to as mid chord bearing. 2x6 strongback is recommended located every 8 to 10 feet along a floor truss. Strongback supports cantilever and jack details lateral bracing suggestions 2x6 strongback lateral supports should be located on edge approximately every 10 feet along the floor truss. Field peak cap connection detail.

Standard repair detail for notching cutting of chords of floor gables ladder trusses.