Recycling Wooden Roof Trusses (RWRT) Part 1

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Back in 2019 I was helping a friend extend a house and he needed a hand with the trusses
we had about 8 trusses to fit to extend the roof line.
however after fitting the first one we soon discovered they were the incorrect angle and height at the top.

he was a little pissed off to say the least.

So I set about doing some measurements and using greek calcs found the trusses should have been
A. a  height of  1225
B. a bottom cord of 3770 x 2  and,
C. and the top cords an angle of 18 deg and length of 3964 x 2 .

What we had was
A. a height of 1010
B. a bottom cord of 3770 x2 , and
C.   and the top cords an angle of 15 deg and length of 3903 x 2
so resulting in
A. being 215 mm too short
B. No change and,
C. 62 mm too short.
The correct Trusses were re manufactured and surprisingly nobody accepted responsibility for the error and the builder had to carry the cost  believed to be in the area of AUD$1000s

advance forward to Sep 2024 some 5 years later and I have a call from my friend saying he was going to dispose of the incorrect trusses he had been  "lumbered" with  and did I want them, being a skinflint and enjoying recycling timber I gladly accepted.
So they arrived.

Good thing I am single eh!

Standby for more "interesting" information on the RWRT Part 2, ... and beyond! 

Regards Rob

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Nice work, Rob. Yours look very strong!

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

I wanted to continue  with Pt 2 as I have had some really interesting info to share,  but dont seem to be able to continue the Blog 
Anybody know how its done?
for example:-

Recycling wooden Roof trusses Part 2

Regards Rob

When you start a serie of blogs you first choose Create new series.

I don't know whether you enter a blog series title for part two or whether you can still include part 1 under that.
Try it I would say.
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https://dutchypatterns.com/

I tried the info supplied but the
RWRT's Blog doesnt show?

Regards Rob

That's cause out of neglect, Nadia has let the gremlins loose.

The first blog must be registered as "Create new series".  Failing that, you cannot append another series.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Arr.
I created a new series blog ... called it " In the beginning", transferred everything across from the RWRT blog thinking I would be a happy boy and tried to add part 2 

wouldn't have a bar of it!

 BTW did you check out "my nuts" I though it would be of interest to you

Regards Rob


Suppose you want me to throw empty frothies at the Lions for you today at the Grand Final?

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Yes please!   did you check out my "nuts" yet

Regards Rob

Not yet... worried about the "short arm inspection".  

Need to sober up for a long read.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

What happened did you guys forget there was a game on

Regards Rob


 RobsCastle 
 commented about 6 hours ago 
What happened did you guys forget there was a game on

You mean thugball and aerial ping-pong?

Looks like the cane toads beat the ugly ducklings at aerial ping-pong... thugball next weekend.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

tend to agree sooner they ban it the better

Regards Rob

Looks like I have a couple of different types of trusses pity I cannot continue.

Regards Rob


 RobsCastle
 commented about 1 hour ago
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Looks like I have a couple of different types of trusses pity I cannot continue.

Change the "tr" to a "c" and you could continue for quite a few more episodes!  BUT... Sheriff pottzy might give a kick up the  BUTT...

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD