John Dirks Jr Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 in the attic I sometimes see these metal brackets along the truss edges. Are they used to help the builders align the truss when they are putting the structure together? They are notched for each truss and run the length near the peak. Click to Enlarge 66.04 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 in the attic I sometimes see these metal brackets along the truss edges. Are they used to help the builders align the truss when they are putting the structure together? They are notched for each truss and run the length near the peak. Yes. They're just spacers. There are several different versions out there. - Jim Katen, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 http://www.mii.com/artefact/download.asp?aid=6111 Here is one variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteger Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 in the attic I sometimes see these metal brackets along the truss edges. Are they used to help the builders align the truss when they are putting the structure together? They are notched for each truss and run the length near the peak. Yes. They're just spacers. There are several different versions out there. - Jim Katen, Oregon Are they just spacers for when the trusses are installed and the builders often leave them there? I see these all of the time as well and assumed that was what they were for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 in the attic I sometimes see these metal brackets along the truss edges. Are they used to help the builders align the truss when they are putting the structure together? They are notched for each truss and run the length near the peak. Yes. They're just spacers. There are several different versions out there. - Jim Katen, Oregon Are they just spacers for when the trusses are installed and the builders often leave them there? I see these all of the time as well and assumed that was what they were for. Yes. They're pretty much disposable. I suppose that the framer's could take them off an reuse them, but there really isn't any point because they're cheap. - Jim Katen, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 John - If that's a truss plate it doesn't look like the one on the left side of your photo. Click to Enlarge 22.89 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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