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100% vs 90% Wood Roof Truss Web Bracing

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ctm

Structural
Mar 23, 2001
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On gable end prefabricated, light weight, metal plate connected wood roof trusses, some designers require 90% of the web height "L" braced except where it is a scissors requiring 100% (ie, notching the bracing at the top and the bottom chords). Why the 100% vice the 90%?
 
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