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Appendix - Document control

Recommendations for temporary bracing

Installation tolerances

Truss laminations

Truss connection

Truss connection Intro
Hip end fixing details
Hip-end connection for high wind area (wind classification N4, C2 or C3)
Valley (saddle) trusses
Gable Truss with Outrigger Positioning
Nail-Gun edge distances
Truss boot installation

Waling plate fixing details to dutch hip girders

Roof battens

Roof battens Intro
Roof batten splicing

Top chord bracing

Top chord bracing Intro
Steelbrace for gable roof
Spans up to 8m
Spans of 8m to 13m
Spans of 13m to 16m
Steelbrace for hip roof
Bracing requirement for jack trusses
Steelbrace for dual-pitched roof
Steelbrace for bell roof
Steelbrace for mono-pitched roof
Fixing of steelbrace

Bottom chord bracing

Bottom chord bracing Intro
Ceiling battens
Bottom chord ties

Web bracing

Nailplate Positioning Chart

Apex/Heels
Centreline Non Spliced
Centreline Spliced
Fenceline Non Spliced
Fenceline Spliced
Flyover Hip Joints
Square Hip Joints
Other Joints
Floor Joints

Walls Intro

Non load-bearing walls

Load-bearing walls

Bearing Plates

Wall Bracing

Angle Wall Bracing
Flat Strap Wall Bracing
Short Wall Bracing
Use of Multinail Roof Brace in Bracing Walls

Parallel Chord Trusses

Correct orientation
Bracing
Strongbacks

Calculators

Trig Calculator
Unit Converter

Bearing Plates

Under high concentrated loads from girder truss bearing plates are used to spread the load on a top plate which reduces crushing.

6mm Bearing Plate