Today we were to start putting up our trusses. We measured along our top plate and with a long tape (metal one because plastic can stretch and wont give you a true reading) and marked off for what it said on the plans. With one person holding it on 100mm over. I called the measurements and another person done the marking. Putting and X on the side to where the truss would sit on. After doing both sides, we set out our trusses on the ground as they were to go up. With the top plate and everything flush and straight, we had to bang in our nail plates (SN50s) onto all the stud joints etc. The Lintel for the kitchen was erected and tacked into place. Once flushed and straight, we nailed it into place properly because our trusses are to be nailed onto that. The trusses were to go up next
-Holding the truss up against the line (sitting on the X)
-Tapping the back of it to have it squared and flush with the top plate
-Then tacked the tailing end into the top plate first, then the front
-With the trusses over the kitchen, they were to sit flush with the bottom of the lintel
-Tacked in at both ends
-Using a spirit level to make sure they were straight up and down
-A metal brace was placed under the bottom of the truss attaching it to the litel for the extra support
Sitting the metal brace hard up against the truss to ensure that when the gib is put up, there wont be any warpping or shadows. If the lintel was out, it would through everything around it out so that was a very important job to get right. We had to check it multipile times to ensure it did not move.
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