How To Nail Roof Trusses

Nail each hurricane strap to your truss or rafter with 16 penny framing nails when you install hurricane straps to a roof.

How to nail roof trusses.

Given that this section of the bottom chord is likely where one of the connector plates that hold the truss together is located you may need to nail through a metal plate on one side of the truss. Install the second truss in the same way 24 inches along the wall from the first truss. Truss attachment as strange as it sounds roof trusses are designed to move as a unit to maintain the structural integrity of the roof. Truss to the opposite end of the roof.

After you get the trusses lined up and ready to nail how many nails do you use at each side and what location or angle on the wood do you nail them in. Be careful not to split the end of the truss and it would be a good idea to pre drill the end first before. After constructing your trusses now you have to get them safely to the top portion for installation. This ensures that your trusses or rafters won t move during the installation of your straps.

Nail a long 2 by 4 to the underside of the rafter on the opposite side of the truss from your diagonal brace so that it extends along the length of the roof passing through the second truss. Toe nail them with the top plate so that they stay secured from falling again and try to brace them using a proper blocking arrangement. Toe nail them into the top plate to secure them and then make sure they are braced laterally using blocking or long purlins. No unspecified nailing is permitted for the other truss members.

But i have no problem toe nailing to the bottom chord to hold the wall or the cord straight. Roof trusses nail to interior walls. Once the trusses are constructed lift them into place and set them onto the top plates of the exterior walls just as you would a beam or joist. You can nail fix the truss into position using either method one opposite or method two below left.

Step 3 level and nail fix both sides of the truss with a brace fixed to the structural timber on the adjacent table lift. Toenail a truss into the top of the wall plate by nailing through the sides of the bottom chord at a 30 degree angle. Step 2 1 align the truss to the marks you have made on the wall plate. Make sure that your truss and rafter are also toe nailed in place before you install your hurricane straps.

As a rule we do not nail to interior walls unless of course it is a bearing point. Hi tommy use 3 16d nails and nail them as shown in the picture above.