Wood Floor Trusses - Great Advantages
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Aug 4, 2022
http://www.AsktheBuilder.com founder, Tim Carter, shows off the wood floor trusses in his daughter's new home. They span great distances, the floors are stiff, and there are no need for bearing walls.
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Hi, I'm Tim Carter, founder of Ask the Builder.com
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Would you like a house with no interior bearing walls, floors that don't bounce like a trampoline
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and nirvana for your plumbing, electrical, and heating contractors? You can have all that and more if you use prefabricated floor trusses on your next job
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What floor trusses constructed with metal connector plates have been available. since the 1970s. They're designed using advanced computer software so you have a strong and
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reliable floor that can last as long as you keep a roof over your home. These magical floor
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trusses can span great distances without the need of a center support beam. They can be
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designed to support concentrated loads like a kitchen island or even a giant jacuzzi
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Thanks to floor trusses, the first floor of this large home has no interior load-bearing walls
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This allows for an open floor plan and the ability to change the layout in the future at a much lower cost
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Wood floor trusses have diagonal supports that create wide-open spaces for plumbing pipes, electric cables, and other mechanical systems
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This saves you money because it takes less time for contractor. to install these items
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If your home will have forced air heating or air conditioning, your HVAC contractor is going to love the center chase
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of each floor truss that can be lined up for a long run
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Because all those pipes, cables, and ducts can easily fit within the webs of the floor trusses it much easier to apply sheetrock and make a nice finished ceiling Floor trusses are made in climate factories and are delivered to the job site before they installed
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These wonderful trusses are easy to install too. Two carpenters, one at either end, can typically handle one with little effort
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Floor trusses don't have to be cut on the job site. You just set one on the sill plate, fasten it, and install the next time
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As a consequence, wood floor trusses cut down on job site waste
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because each set of trusses is made to match the size of the home being built
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This saves you more money and less overall material ends up in a landfill
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You probably didn't know much about wood floor trusses, did you? I first used them on a room edition job of mine years ago
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These trusses here, we're using them on my daughter's new home. If you want to discover more about these amazing building products, go to best way to frame.com
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You can also discover the closest location where you can place an order for your own wood floor trusses at best way to frame.com
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I'm Tim Carter, askthebuilder.com. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to ask the builder.com
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