Attic Trusses Gusset Plate Pulled Back

Metal connector plates can sometimes be pressed back when the teeth are still in alignment with the original holes.

Attic trusses gusset plate pulled back.

It s a sob and the plate gets mangled in the process. I saw three seperate trusses where the gusset plates were pulling out of the wood. However this is often not a simple process. Because it s nearly impossible to reinstall the plate replace it with a 1 2 plywood gusset.

Use a pneumatic nail gun and nails to attach your gusset on both sides of the wood pieces. The size and nailing pattern will be specified by the engineer. I wasnt sure if the cracks in the garage walls were related to he gusset plates. Ever try pulling a truss plate off.

House built in 2005 garage has poured foundation small cracks on both side walls that go all the way thru foundation to outside of house. I would try to pull down on the top chord to see if the nails lineup with its current position which would indicate the damage was done before the roof sheathing was applied. These are usually much larger than the metal plate being replaced. Sometimes an engineer will specify a metal replacement plate with nails.

But what really got me was when i got into the attic above the garage. That many damaged trusses is unusual.