Simple Explanation About Roof Truss Design, Parts And Assembly 

I like your illustration 👍. I'm a metal stud framer....those truss plates is like a slip plate. A building breathes so it's necessary to have slip joints on commercial buildings.

I use an 8” tamper to set those truss plates. Works great!

They are called press plates and are applied with a hydraulic press.

Hey Greg can you do a video on how to join 2 fascia boards together when you have a different pitch in each plane? The front pitch is 4/12 and the rear is 8/12. Sub fascia and lookouts is 2x4s. The facsia is going to be 2x8 cedar.

Well done, you answered almost all of the questions I have about trusses. Do you have any other videos on the various truss types? Purpose, cost, etc. Thanks for your attention to detail.

I’m planning to build a small shed..this video is helpful….thanks for sharing.

Your a genius, this video is the best! Thanks

I'd love to have a detailed book like your stair building books about plywood gusset truss building. For someone like me with no truss manufacturers around, I'll buy that in a heart beat.

Great simple video. Thank you!

Good job

Thanks man!

what if my bearing points come in 5" on each side? We ordered trusses but modified the plans extending the wall out (to replace demensions of a stucco on brick wall)?

I asked this question a moment ago on another one of your posts. Will a root truss spanning an open area of 35 feet be self-supporting? Pitch is 7/12

Thank you for explaining so clearly the basic components. Question: on an attic full of trusses, my only way so far to walk through it is by holding onto the webbing crossbars while I reach another joist. Sometimes I go under a webbing crossbar and sometime I have to go over (leaning my whole body flat on the crossbar). I wonder how safe is that or if I'm risking the roof collapsing on me? I'm just 160 lbs and trying to get through the attic to look at either vents or leaks, etc. Or what should I consider before screwing some 2x8 across the ceiling joists? Insulation is the paper cellulose kind, I'm not trying to make a floor all over, just something to walk or crawl across if holding onto the truss webbing is not safe.

In this video are any of those interior walls load bearing? Where those two joists butt up and are connected with that metal plate. Is that a load bearing wall underneath?

Does the truss bottom cord have to sit on the outer wall top plate? Or can trusses be shaped like a letter A with the bottom cord half way up to allow a taller ceiling in the center, like for a garage?

Thank you so much!

This was spot on I Build trusses for a living. The only thing I would add is Trusses can be Built all the way up to 2x12 and the Trust plate it’s just called a plate and the heel is called a heel wedge.

this channel is awesome

Hello nice video, how can I get a truss designed?

I'm building a carport 18×18 if I buy trusses 4×12×18 I know the 4×12 is pitch but is the 18 describing wall width or is that peak down to drip edge ?

Does this type of truss need a support wall? When it has the center connector?

Hello sir , I enjoy your video Can you give me a example of how you would make a mono/skillion roof truss : all members 2x4 : webs required & what angle they should sit : run is 5m & top height is 750mm cheers

Thank you

I'd like to have a covered patio and stay on the same roof line. Can a truss span 15-20 foot as long as there is support on the end like a footer and header?

Hi, is it permissible to add a continuous lateral brace to the webs ties that are under tension. The same as we do to webs that are in compression. My trusses were exposed to the weather for 2 months and some of the webs under tension bowed. I straightened them and fixed using CLB. But have not found any docs online showing tension webs being braced.

the explanation helped me, but I will be happier if you up the voice in the next occasion, because I heared only small voice even I've up the volume till 100. Thank You

Thank You Sir

They are called gussets 2:17

Tie plates with structural 8d nails might be slower but I think it’s a stronger connection

Hi, I wonder if you can help me. I have roof of my garage as Fint Truss (W webbing). I would like to make spce as a livable loft bed. I think, forgive me for being a back seat driver here (I am also a female healthcare professional by trade), the existing trusses have to be altered into a sort of Attic trusses in order to create sufficient space of vault. Do you think this is feasible? I also welcome other suggestions. Thanks a million. God Bless

Hi, I have an cathedral ceiling with a trust roof as shown in your video, would I be able to remove the wall that separates my kitchen from my living room?

Gusset plates

Can you add plywood boards for light storage?

Say someone had a 30ft garage and wanted to buy a truss with an overhang. Is a 30ft truss for a 30ft garage or does a 2ft overhang require a 34ft truss? No one tells how to order a truss. Is the 30ft the span they cover or does that 30ft include the overhang?

The connecting plates are called "Gang-nail plates"

The metal plates are called gussets.

2:30 - I've heard them called gang-nails.

Good luck 😆

Their called "Gang Nail Plates" and would need a press to set them properly

2:18 "GANG-NAILS" is what we call them

Trusses as opposed to what?

Hi Greg what's your email?

3:01 "wouldn't recommend"??? hand-banging gang-nails is IMPOSSIBLE! It takes tonnes of pressure to press trusses!!!

We call em gang nails