On Fri, 18 May 2007 11:54:13 -0500, under construction wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 10:21:54 -0600, Chris Friesen
wrote:

under construction wrote:

Notice tho even as in floor joists, the splice is not in
the middle to avoid maximum stresses.

Actually, take a look at truss A288 at the same site. The splice is
dead-center.

Chris


I'll take your word on that but generally it's not good practice to do
that but that doesn't mean it can't be done. It generally means heavy
plates and more nails to carry the additional stresses.

I meant to say not heavy plates but "thicker" plates. My bad.