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North Carolina | Any of you guys built your own trusses out of steel . Thinking about building trusses for a shop . need to be at least 40' and set on 10' centers . Would like to build them out of tubing or angle . any plans or pic would be good . Or websites with plans . Thanks Doug |
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Northern ohio | We have a couple buidling made from well pipe and rebar. They are 50 and 60 foot wide. I'll try to get pics for you tomorrow. They have been working for 40 plus years. |
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | Have you looked on Craigslist, in YOUR area? (there has to be some "used ones" around) http://omaha.craigslist.org/mat/5850658027.html |
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South West MN | Look around for used ones. I have built a couple of buildings out of them. You have to make your shed the size of the truss but the price was right. |
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NW Washington | You really should have the trusses designed for your application by a structural engineer who know what he is doing. If you have to deal with local building code, permits and inspectors they are going to want to see an engineers stamp. I think you should do some truss shopping first and using second hand ones as suggested earlier is a good idea too. |
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Central PA | +1 I'm not sure if your insurance company would be on your side if the roof collapsed. |
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KS | I typed in "diy angle iron trusses" into google and there is a lot of information in the string. |
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| I don't think you could build them cheaper than buying a properly engineered wood truss. |
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Floyd County, Iowa | Do as you see fit, but I spent 25+ years in the residential/commercial construction business. There is no way I would even consider building my own trusses for a shop, even from engineered, stamped plans, let alone "at least 40' and set on 10' centers".
A lot of factors: live loads, dead loads, ceiling loads, wind loads, etc, etc, etc.
And I seriously doubt (almost guarantee) that you won't find any plans for something like that. If someone sells you a set, I'd be suspect of their validity/reliability.
Too much liability involved on a legit plan maker's side of the equation. They have no control over your ability to comprehend the drawings, your ability to follow the plans exactly, or your ability to actually build them and install them to specs.
As I said above, do as you see fit.
just food for thought |
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| I built my own 60' wide x 80' length, 16' side wall , 16' centers.
They are I beam style truss ( I built ) and I beam legs (bought) wood purlins.
Built in 1998, stood through several record snow/ice storms where neighbors "engineered" buildings failed. |
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North Carolina | You boys up north do amuse me . LOL Down here in the south we don't have the snow load yall have . But we do have snow . I did have one thing wrong in my original question I meant 5' centers not 10 . I have been in metal fabrication for 35 years built a lot of trusses for buildings at the shop always been over kill would hold up a bulldozer . these trusses will be built on my dime so I just thought some body had built something light economical
that has worked for them . Thanks for the reply's Doug |
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North Carolina | Thanks Ben that's what I was looking for . Some times these home made building are much better that this so called engineered stuff . I don't care what kind of stamp is put on it . They are built as cheap as some engineer will let them be just so some middle man can make a profit on them . The last building we put up at our shop I helped with 60 x 100 the main center beam wouldn't even stand by it self until we tied purlins to it . I guarantee what ever I build will stand up as good or bettered than some of this engineered junk LOL |
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building steel trusses for shop ?
