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[#3] Posted: 04/12/2011 - 2:24:01 PM |  |  |
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Hi Jerry,
Yeah, I agree; those aren't "extraordinary" measures at all.......until you explain them to a builder and then they seem to become the most complicated and technically impossible things to achieve.
I bet there aren't any builder's homes where one can find truss lift evident and when you check out the attics you'll find all of those "extraordinary" measures in place.
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[#4] Posted: 04/12/2011 - 2:30:02 PM | | |
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I've been in a lot of houses and I've seen truss lift just once. I'm starting to think it's a regional issue- our lumber is all kiln dried, it doesn't move much unless it gets wet.
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[#5] Posted: 04/12/2011 - 5:35:49 PM | | |
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nearly every home built with roof trusses in Indy in the last 20 years (that I've seen) has evidence of it.
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[#7] Posted: 04/13/2011 - 05:27:03 AM | | |
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Likely 75% of the houses in Mid-Mich have some uplift. There seems to be a relationship between the pitch of roof and the run of the trusses.
One apartment building with a 6/12 pitch, 200' long X approx 32' wide, two storey had as much as 1" at both ends(of bldg) and 1/4" at center of bldg. That was all result of cold weather framing. There are twenty bldgs in the complex, all nearly identical, and all had uplift. All issues were resolved with a type of crown moulding to make it go away. Now, that bldr knows how to fasten and use clips!!
I know of no exceptional measures.
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[#8] Posted: 04/13/2011 - 08:30:50 AM | | |
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I've seen it twice. The first time was three years back, in a ranch built in the sixty's, that a friend bought about seventeen years ago.
It lifted just enough to tear the paper between the ceiling and the wall.
They claimed it had never happened before. I told them to try to fill the crack with latex caulk and paint it. Never happened.
It ended up closing back up to where you honestly couldn't see it without really looking for it. As far as I know, it hasn't opened again.
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[#10] Posted: 04/14/2011 - 03:32:44 AM | | |
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I thought wind was the only concern with regards to uplift. Does seasonal change play a part as well?
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[#12] Posted: 04/15/2011 - 12:49:56 AM | | |
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My momma got a little carried away during a hymn sing at church awhile back and suffered a truss uplift, just about fell out right there in front of the whole congregation!
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