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Guide To Making A Roof Truss - 2

Step Three

Prepare the gussets for joining the pieces together. Cut the gussets, usually made of plywood pieces that are placed on the front and the back of each joint to connect the pieces. Mark a set as front and back so that you can make a pattern of where the nails will go on each side. You want the nails to be placed so that they will not meet from opposite sides and split the wood. Truss plates may be used in the place of plywood gussets.

Step Four

You are ready to put the first truss together. Laying all the pieces on a level surface that will not give, fit the joints together by butting them tightly up to each other and nailing through the gusset placed over the joint. The nails' tips should barely show the tips on the opposite side after passing through the first gusset, the piece of 2 X 4, and the second gusset on the other side. Nail all of the joint connections on one side before flipping it over to nail all the gussets on the other side.

You may want to dry fit the truss on the roof before building the rest of the trusses. You will need a helper to do this, but it will prevent you from repeating any mistakes on the rest of the trusses if you happened to make one on this first truss. Once you know that the truss is of the right measurement, repeat the process on your jig until you have enough trusses for your roof. The number and spacing of trusses will depend on how big the building is and what type of load it will need to hold (especially during the winter when snow may accumulate or if there is anything that will be depended from the ceiling).

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