Truss to ICF connection
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14 Jan 2008 10:05 AM

We are located in florida and will be using embedded truss anchors (no sill plate) to secure trusses to icf walls.  Where trusses are combined floor truss/truss for second story bonus room the trusses run parallel to the icf wall.  Assuming they are to be set to the outside of the wall, they would set over foam with no contact with concrete.  What would be the best method to transfer the load to the concrete?  Block is 6" and span is 36' 2".  Thanks for any advise!

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14 Jan 2008 10:52 AM
Posted By ADIngram on 01/14/2008 10:05 AM

for second story bonus room the trusses run parallel to the icf wall.  Assuming they are to be set to the outside of the wall, they would set over foam with no contact with concrete.


I don't know what various methods the guys who build ICF full time use, but that is exactly one of the reasons I will be using a 2 x 12 sill plate on the top of the gable walls of my house!! On the other walls, perpendicular to trusses, I'll be using 2 x 10, flush to the inside for sheetrock nailing. At a buck a foot for 2 x 12s well worth the investment.




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14 Jan 2008 12:30 PM
I found a solution and thought I would post it in case anyone runs across this problem.

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14 Jan 2008 01:18 PM
You could use a taper top form or use a saws-all to make your own taper. This way you can still use the embedded hangers. this is what I did on each end of my house to support the end truss that would have been sitting on foam. The embedded hangers seem to me to be the only way to go structurally. I used one called a HETA. I think it's made by Simpson. They also make a metal plate for the truss to sit on so you don't have wood to concrete.

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14 Jan 2008 02:53 PM
Posted By ADIngram on 01/14/2008 12:30 PM
I found a solution and thought I would post it in case anyone runs across this problem.


Looks to me like more work than a sill plate, but maybe not. But, I see you spec out 2 x 6 PT. My lumber quotes show 2 x 12 Doug Fir a few pennies less per foot than 2 x 6 PT. Better wood too, plus gives me the nailing edge for sheetrock.



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14 Jan 2008 03:45 PM
Thanks for the replies.  We considered using a sill plate but we have been told that the embedded anchors are favored by the inspectors (ie the county) and the new code that Florida enacted in October.  I could use non pt lumber and install 6 mil vapor barrier and save a bit, but I will probably stick to the pt.   There are only four trusses that we will have to install with the 2 x 6 pt.  It would probably be easier when setting trusses to install a sill plate so that we wouldn't have to be precise with the layout, but I think the benefits will out weight the time. 


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14 Jan 2008 06:52 PM
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