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Technical Paper
Thursday, April 3, 2025
SBCA Knowledge Center
Alternate Nailing Patterns TF No. 1001
Some truss lumber repair nailing patterns call for 16d common nails. Most nail guns do not support 16d nails, but have an equivalent to a 12/10d nail. Is there a substitution guide or ESR report that could help us?
Technical Paper
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Roof Truss Nailing with Hurricane Clips TF No. 1003
If you use hurricane clips to secure roof trusses from uplift, are you allowed to use fewer than the typical three nails in the bearing heel of the roof truss?
Technical Paper
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Post Fire Retardant Treatment TF No. 1027
Is a Class A fire rating (provided by our liquid spray-on fire retardant) acceptable in certain situations?
Technical Paper
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Structural Composite Lumber in Trusses TF No. 1096
The lumber used in most metal plate connected wood trusses is either visually- or mechanically-graded solid sawn dimensional lumber.
Technical Paper
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Lumber Substitution TF No. 1106
If the truss design drawing specifies using 2x4 1650F SPF, can 2x4 No. 2 southern pine be used instead? What are some things that need to be checked?
Research / Report
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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SRR No. 1705-03 Building Code Requirements Regarding the Use of Fire Retardant Treated Lumber in Floor/Ceiling and Roof/Ceiling Assemblies Bearing on Exterior Walls of Type III Buildings
Building code requirements for using fire retardant-treated (FRT) lumber address exterior wall assemblies separately from the floor/ceiling or roof/ceiling assemblies that bear on those walls.
Research / Report
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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SRR No. 1602-03 Lumber Use in Type III-A Buildings
Per the IBC the majority of buildings will fall into one of the five different classifications, I, II, III, IV, or V depending on the type of construction used to build the structure.
Research / Report
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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SRR No. 1506-15 Overdriven Nails in Structural Sheathings
All building codes provide provisions for the attachment of structural sheathing to wall and roof framing members.
Research / Report
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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