Attic Truss Repair #01: Damaged Top chord and loose gusset plates

Attic Truss Repair #01: Damaged Top Chord

[walkwithrocks]

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.

[donaldgreen]

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.

[phillipcardonsr]

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?

[Montallies]

Nice video. Informative and good video quality

[JohnLee-edyi]

Thank you. I am seeing many loose gang plates too. Not excited to go up there.

[dunlapmyles]

2 hammers and some well placed and calibrated blows to either side with the right timing lol hammer ninja

[jban]

How did the house pass the initial inspection? Also it looks like your shingle nails are short?

[UBAYBE]

Donyou not add additional screws or nails tonthe metal plates?

[MrSzymonurai]

This is a good way to avoid hammering on the trusses.

[stevelopez]

Thanks for the vid, key take away, contact engineer and find out how to fix the problem, good application of engineered fix.

[HienNguyen-mwqd]

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

[luke]

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. Youtube wants to play whatever it thinks should be played next (hint, not #2 video).

[appelk]

Um, the wood didn't fail, the connector plate did.

[jsmcguireIII]

builder skimped on the cheap trusses and passed the problem to the next guy.

[garyshay]

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.

[MAGAMAN]

Why would you want to reuse that gusset plate that is already working itself loose?

[chrismcqueen]

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

[wildforestman]

wowo some company should doing a good job the that house repair.

[TheDajoca]

Hard to believe that cuts and joins were allowed on the top chords of the truss.

[MAGAMAN]

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!