First Time Seeing This..

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Originally Posted By: hgordon
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What do you call this (other than old) truss system? Is it Toungue and grove?


Top part of the truss

At the web


At the joist

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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That would be older style TPC framing (Truss Plate Connected) … without the modern nightmare-in-a-fire “cheese grater connected” truss connections …

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I am absolutely amazed sometimes by how much thought goes into doing things wrong

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Originally Posted By: hgordon
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Thanks rob!

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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi to all,


Nice pics Harvey, you can bet they will be getting used in a question of the day in the future 

Regards

Gerry

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Originally Posted By: hgordon
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WOW…you mean I will finally get one right

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Originally Posted By: cradan
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Harvey, thanks for the good photos.


The Truss Plate Institute has a brief synopsis of truss design history http://www.tpinst.org/my_history.html, along with links to some additional information on their standards development.

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