Utilizing open web floor trusses saves time on site, reduces materials needed and enhances design possibilities. The open web construction allows for services and utilities to run efficiently with no need for cutting, drilling or routing.
REDUCED MATERIAL COSTS
With fewer framing materials needed, you save money on materials and installation time. Longer spans, higher strength capacities, and on-center spacing decrease the amount of necessary bearing walls, beams, columns and footings.DESIGN FREEDOM
Incorporate architectural details into individual truss designs, such as concealed beams, cantilevers, higher ceilings and balconies. These prefabricated designs reduce framing complexity and installation time.SPACE FLEXIBILIY
Gain even more flexibility with added room for HVAC, electrical and plumbing installation. Added access to end panels reduces the need for soffits.
OPEN WEB FLOOR TRUSS CONSTRUCTION ADVANTAGES
Superior End Reactions
Superior end reaction capabilities eliminate the need for additional structural band-board, web stiffeners, squash blocks, or blocking panels.
Gable Ends or Ladder Truss
Gable end floor trusses, sometimes called ladders, provide a strong alternative to large dimensional lumber for parallel closure. Gable end trusses are manufactured along with the main span trusses, ensuring heights match and can include built-in ribbon details.
Versatile Floor Depths
Versatile depths allow floor systems to incorporate sunken floor areas into the system. Walls can be framed at a standard height, and steps in the floor system can be created by the depths of the floor trusses, saving the framer time and the builder money.
Improved Cantilever Distances
Open web floor trusses provide superior cantilever distances compared to EWP and conventional framing. Cantilevers can also include built-in details such as dropped top chords for balcony decking. Open web floor trusses can support greater concentrated loads, carrying bearing walls and roof loads from above.
Built-In Ribbon Notch
Floor trusses feature built-in ribbon notches that can be designed/customized to receive any dimension of 2x lumber desired. Continuous ribbons provide stability for installed trusses and a solid surface for the edge nailing of floor sheathing.
This approach eliminates the need for larger and more expensive band-board solutions required by dimensional lumber and other engineered wood products.
Built-in Beam Pockets
Customized beam pockets can be designed into floor trusses to accept various materials inserted through the webs. Trusses can be designed to support load-bearing headers at openings or to carry other floor trusses. Dimensional lumber can be threaded through the webs to create exterior balconies that run perpendicular to the direction of the floor trusses.
This versatility allows the builder multiple options for framing today’s complex building designs and saves money on labor and time to complete the required framing.
Keyed Bearing Detail
Keyed bearing or shared bearing details allow two different floor trusses to share the same interior bearing and stay aligned, eliminating the need to stagger or overlap the two trusses.
Sheathing installation is much easier because the supporting trusses line up, significantly reducing the need to cut special sheathing pieces to complete the subfloor. The result is a cleaner detail with full bearing while reducing labor and material usage.
