Posted By z71_08 on 01 Mar 2014 05:11 PM
May I ask how much your trusses cost per?

I don't have the pricing for the individual trusses.  Most of them are 32' long and span all the way from front to back across the basement with a mid-span support wall at 18'6", but some are 13' long over a 1 bay garage on the east side of the stairwell and run perpendicular to the long trusses and a few are shorter to fit around the stairs.  The total cost was $2600 + tax for all of them for a 34' x 62' basement (outside dimensions).  Assuming I had run the 32' long trusses all the way across the basement length of 60' (inside length) on 2' centers, it would have taken 30 trusses to cover the same footprint that I have.  $2600/30 = $87 per 32' long 18" deep truss.  But pricing varies quite a bit based on local labor rates and the price of southern yellow pine lumber.

I am using the Zont system for my 3500 sq ft three story 100% ICF DIY project. Affordabe, adaptable, well suited to DIY pace of work as you can buy fewer and keep moving them around as needed. I'd love to have the steel system with built in scaffold and so forth but $$$$$ and for a DIYer not sensible.

I am guessing you used form aligners with the lumber, like is used in typical concrete wall? I am several short on my Project in Jeff City, MO. Interested in selling some? Thanks, Aaron