12-24-2009, 08:58 AM
I was on a mission trip to Jackson, Ohio to build a church. We used 5 1/2 TON of nails. The reason? state codes required 70 nails, repeat, 70 nails at all truss joints with 1/2" plywood gussets. Pound 35 in from one side, turn it over, crimp the nails and put in 35 from the other side. Then turn it over and crimp those nails. It sure splintered the plywood, but the state inspector said those were the best trusses he'd seen (????????) . I think the trusses were about a 40 or 50" span. We had no nail guns, all by hand. Talk about sore arms!!!!
Lynn
Lynn
Whitehouse, Tx