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I just finished building a garage and one of the end trusses sits about one inch off the top plate at the corner of two walls. I didn’t look at the bottom chord of the truss before i set it, but it appears to be straight. As far as the two adjoining walls go, there is nothing unusual about them, but even when you eyeball the corner it appears that the intersection of the two walls goes abrubtly downward (shorter). Any ideas on why this occurred and mostly how do I fix it.
Thanks fellas
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hs,
It sounds like the top of your wall isn't straight. Either the wall is crowned up or the one problem corner tails down. This is probably caused by uneven length studs or, more than likely, the top of the foundation isn't straight.
I would try jack up that corner of the wall somehow and put a shim between the mudsill and the bottom plate. If the walls are already sheathed, this fix probably won't work without removing the sheathing. If that's the case, and you decide you can live with an unlevel/unstraight wall and overhang, then maybe you can rip down the bottom of the offending truss. It sounds as if this truss sits on top of the gable wall it's whole distance. If that's the case, then you probably wouldn't be lessening the integrity of that truss too much by doing that.
Good luck
Red dog
*figure out how much you need to bring the too of your wall up to the right height and make some sort of tapered shim to put under your trusses to make the top of the wall level.
*Have you checked to make certain that the bottom chord of the truss is flat ? Sometimes on gable trusses, the gable bottom chord can come out crooked. Don't know exactly why it happens, but it does.
*Mr stick,Run a string along all things that should be straight starting at the foundation...when you find the problem, I'm sure you will see the solution....if not...sell the tools.near the stream,aj
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I just finished building a garage and one of the end trusses sits about one inch off the top plate at the corner of two walls. I didn't look at the bottom chord of the truss before i set it, but it appears to be straight. As far as the two adjoining walls go, there is nothing unusual about them, but even when you eyeball the corner it appears that the intersection of the two walls goes abrubtly downward (shorter). Any ideas on why this occurred and mostly how do I fix it.
Thanks fellas