Storage Building

[Rickabilly]

(07-16-2012, 07:29 PM)f350ca Wrote: Still too hot here for this cowboy, but managed to get the trusses built. Now to stand them up. Going to be interesting, I don't have an end wall to easily brace the first one to.

Ahh, Now I've played this game before,
the first truss goes up in the middle! rather than bracing the top of the truss to an end as you normally would when building a roof, what you do is knock a 2x4 into the ground directly below that first middle truss and bind the 1st truss to this upright, after the ends of the truss are secured to the beams at each end that first truss will be very secure, and you can brace the following trusses to it easily.

I hope this helps.
Best Regards
Rick