Installation

A Window into the Future

A CM, a framer, and a supplier collaborate to significantly innovate shear walls.

What Framers Think of Your Wall Panels

NFC members weigh in during wall panel roundtable

Upend Your Hip End Truss Sales

Lay-On Gables are an opportunity for component manufacturers.

A Clearer Path

Open web trusses are the ideal match with a sprinkler system, maximizing use of space and making installation easy.

Why Build with Wall Panels?

NFC Executive Director Chris Tatge and SBCA staff member Jim Vogt demonstrated on the BCMC show floor just how quickly a structure comes together with wall panels.

"You Just Have to See It to Believe It"

When Jim’s Apple Barn, the largest candy store in Minnesota, wanted to expand by way of adding a confection-filled planetarium to the end of a blazing yellow barn already bursting with sweets, it had a difficult time finding a truss company willing to take on the project. “We were the only ones that said yes,” recalled Trevor Ebinger, a member of the Manion Lumber & Truss sales staff. “It was quite an undertaking.”

Above and Beyond

When Mandere Construction couldn’t get the trusses it needed to frame its projects, owner John Mandere went looking for the best truss folks he could find—and hired them

Penetration Of Fire Walls

Question: 

Can a roof truss penetrate a one-hr. tenant separation wall without having a one-hr. rated ceiling? The building official insists that the 2x4 chords are combustible and nullify the integrity of the one-hr. rated partition that is constructed in an attic above an 8 in. C.M.U. bearing wall. The partition consists of gypsum board attached to 2 x 4 stud framing. The building official insists that a ledger must be attached through the gypsum board to support the trusses each side of the wall. This is almost saying that any rated assembly must have bearing only on other rated assemblies.

Gable End Bracing

Question: 

Is there a detailed table for gable studs that gives the maximum length a vertical member can be before a lateral brace is required?

Fall Protection

Question: 

Are wood trusses designed to be fall protection anchors that would support a worker should he fall?