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Alpine_Junky
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2020 10:37am
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Howdy!
I am in the process of building a cabin 30' wide by 50' long. I ended up with trusses with a 60 pound snow load and now am wishing I went with a little more (snow load varies greatly in the area). My question is this -- would doubling up the 2x4's and adding a load bearing wall in the center increase the capacity of the truss significantly?
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Brettny
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2020 11:50am
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Ask the truss manufacturer on the doubling up and center wall.
I would think adding more trusses would spread the load thus making the snow load weight rating higher.
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Alpine_Junky
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2020 01:19pm
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Thank You Brett! This is the solution -- just got off with the truss company and they reran the numbers giving me what I thought I was getting by placing the trusses 16 o/c.
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NorthRick
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2020 01:43pm
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Quoting: Alpine_Junky This is the solution -- just got off with the truss company and they reran the numbers giving me what I thought I was getting by placing the trusses 16 o/c.
Yeah, if they haven't been installed yet, buy more and place them closer together.
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