After reconnecting the top chord, have students disconnect a panel point anywhere along the bottom chord. Again, have them "load" the truss. Students should observe that the bottom chord strain is ...

The ceiling in the rooms should be flat and true with trusses because the long bottom chord of each truss becomes the ceiling joist to which the ceiling drywall is nailed.

This bridge is designed just like a floor truss, with a flat top and bottom chord and lots of triangles in between. Just as a bridge can span a river resting on two piers, ...

The ceiling in the rooms should be flat and true with trusses because the long bottom chord of each truss becomes the ceiling joist to which the ceiling drywall is nailed.

A traditional bowstring truss is oriented with the curved ‘bow’ at the top chord of the truss and a flat bottom chord, he explains.

It’s got a flat top and bottom chord with lots of triangles in between. Just as a bridge can span a river resting on two piers, one on each bank, floor trusses can do the same in your new home ...

DEAR TIM: My family is growing and I need to move my home office. I looked up into the attic over my garage that’s built with standard roof trusses. There’s plenty of room to create an office.

truss— A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame.With apologies to the legacy of the late, great Professor ...