New nailed "W" roof truss designs offer small builders advantages

2024/02/07 by Hansen, A. T.
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paper · doi:10.4224/40003239

Abstract

For several years, the Division of Building Research, National Research Council , and the Forest Products Research Branch of the Department of Forestry have carried out an extensive truss testing program to develop standard roof truss designs for use in house construction.

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