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Valley Truss Connection Design
Sun City Hilton Head, Bluffton SC
Report describing evaluation of connection design for "valley" roof trusses at a large development in South Carolina, near the ocean, has been issued. PulteGroup is the builder / developer.
The entire report has been divided into short sections (below) which can be downloaded. Homeowners will likely be most interested in the Cover Letter, Section 2, Section 10, Section 11 and Appendix A.
For the seven (7) hardcopies issued in mid-August, the following editorial corrections have been made;
Pages 22, 23 (Section 5)
Page 35 (Section 7)
Page 44 (Section 8)
Cover Letter.pdf (PDF — 3 MB)
Section 1 Introduction.pdf (PDF — 3 MB)
Section 2 Summary Of Conclusions.pdf (PDF — 4 MB)
Section 3 Background.pdf (PDF — 5 MB)
Section 4 Engineer Documents.pdf (PDF — 5 MB)
Section 5 NDS and TR12.pdf (PDF — 5 MB)
Section 6 Building Code Provisions.pdf (PDF — 4 MB)
Section 7 Connection Capacity.pdf (PDF — 4 MB)
Section 8 Evaluation of Engineer Documents.pdf (PDF — 7 MB)
Section 9 Truss Manufacturer Drawings.pdf (PDF — 3 MB)
Section 10 Recommendations.pdf (PDF — 1 MB)
Section 11 Photos.pdf (PDF — 2 MB)
Appendix A Valley Truss drawings JFM.pdf (PDF — 856 KB)
Appendix B Truss diagrams.pdf (PDF — 6 MB)
Appendix C1 Engineer nail calculation Feb 2007.pdf (PDF — 4 MB)
Appendix C2 Engineer screw calculation.pdf (PDF — 6 MB)
Appendix D NDS code provisions.pdf (PDF — 3 MB)
Appendix E General Dowel Equations.pdf (PDF — 700 KB)
Appendix F Calculations JFM.pdf (PDF — 1 MB)
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- About Us
- Railroad Bridge Posters
- Contact Us
- House Collapse; Hamilton NJ
- Flood Zone Regulations
- Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey
- FEMA; Flood Damage Claims
- Questions & Answers
- Public Adjusters
- Structural Support Report
- Beam Design - Basic
- Structural Ridge Beam
- Design To Minimize Deflection
- Wood Framing For Tile Flooring
- Support For Exterior Deck
- Solar Panels on Sloped Roof
- Bearing Wall Removal
- Foundation Wall Design
- Cracked Foundation Wall
- Adding Second Story
- Support For Modular House
- Current Building Codes - NJ
- Building Codes - NJ 2009
- Roof Framing Defects (1)
- NJ New Home Warranty; Example
- Structural Defects; New Home
- Valley Trusses Sun City SC
- Gable Endwall "Truss" - Design
- Roof Truss Permanent Bracing
- Steel Building + Block Walls
- Earthquakes In Eastern US
- Pipe-Bridge Collapse; NJ
- Design Software
- Engineering Links
- Roof Slope Conversion Tables