i put wallpaper or flags on styrofoam panels and attach nail plates onto the wall with the points out so i can just push styrofoam panels into the plates.

>>2975994
i cut my fingers so many times on these fuckers while building trusses

>>2975994
Fuck these things. They're what made steep pitched roofs and McMansion's possible.

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>>2976006
Yup, reaching bare handed into boxes of these fuckers all day and slapping them with a hammer and then flip, then do it all over again. Don't you dare touch my country station boy.

I refuse to believe that Americans go into a lifetime of debt and compete with each other to see who can pay more for a shack made of toothpicks and paper mache. That they brag about whose pile of twigs and LITERAL PAPER is bigger. They make their dwellings out of literal fucking paper?
There is simply no way I will believe this. I keep hearing about it but I just reject the idea outright, it’s too ridiculous. I can accept many strange and seemingly untrue things about the world but I simply will not accept that Americans are that mindless. It simply isn’t possible to convince a fully grown person of average intelligence that wood and paper that blows away in a strong wind is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Someone who could sell that idea would have to be the greatest salesman in the history of our species.

>>2975994
looks like a hip truss there

>>2976059
I appreciate how the japs build houses out of paper, but they are priced appropriately and only expected to last 20 years or until the next earthquake, whichever comes earlier.
They get to buy an old lot, even in the suburbs, for just the value of the land and build whatever the fuck they want, completely custom.

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I was debating using these or plates and nails for my pallet log store. Went with the latter because they were more familiar. Did I waste my time?
I mean it was enjoyable either way and my son likes his new house, so meh. As long as it doesn't fall down.
Goddamn the roofing felt sucked though.

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>>2976042
You’re not supposed to hammer them on.
They are made for factory use.
Every on that was hammered was installed incorrectly. Every single one.
Some random spaz hammering them in leads to very shitty results.
Doing field repairs (like the dropped the truss stack) typically requires a hydraulic manual press to install the plates. Or you can just use oversize plywood sometimes.

>>2976042
Plz be lying
That's so fuckin wrong

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>>2976059

>>2976059
my house is 132 and built from nearly 100% wood

>>2975994
here in my country we just nail them down at an angle, no fancy steel plating like that

>>2978199
I believe thats the difference between rafters and trusses. Rafters are built on site by the carpenter, and typically are just nailed together, trusses are engineered in a factory and are stamped together with those plates. It lowers the number of inside walls that bear the weight of the roof and snow on top of it.

>>2979445
hahah, not a recommend use

>>2976153
Lots of places in the US live tornado-tornado, hurricane-to-hurricane, superstorm-to-superstorm, or city-destroying-fire to city-destroying fire…

Are the rebuilding all those thousands of california homes out of bri… earthquake-to-earthquake, or in texas, freeze-to-freeze or flood-to-flood.

Were not these things found to be terrible during house fires when the surface of the wood turns to coal, loses strenght and expands? And the plates just separate from the beama because of thwir extremly shallow penetration depth?

>>2979423
we'd just make our own trusses at the carpentry firm I worked at, just easier to transport!

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>>2975994
>post a not recommended use for a nail plate
Easy: dash pad

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>>2976059
Ain't the building, its the land. I live in a small city and when I bought my place I had to get it insured for the mortgage. The value breakdown was 1/5th for the house and 4/5th for the land. That is why you hear about historic buildings and shit getting moved. The value of the building is chump change compared to the land it sits on. If someone wants to redevelop a property it is worth it to basically give the building away. Even a historic building ain't worth much compared to the land and it saves the hassle of pissing off the locals who might sue to block redevelopment. The new owners than pay for it to be moved. Often times moving the structure costs more than it is worth, which is why it is only done for historic homes. Ain't know one paying money to move a 1980s split-level 3 & 2. It needs to be shit like picture related for anyone to care.

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>>2976473
I worked in the factory making them by hand according to specifications at 16. While you faggots were in school studying jewish propaganda, I was building a resume and credit. :)

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>>2984140
Put the fear of God in you when you look at the machines. Liveleak tier. Pay was good though.

>>2983876
Kek. Metal dash, no airbags, no shoulder harness and no brakes. What could go wrong.

>>2984310
>t. lo t

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>>2975994
Hey gringo, you no need dat.

>>2976059
It's really the value of the land, most of LA is still burnt down and the property is still 2/3 the costs of a home.

Is this >>2980527 a bot question? Wtf?

>>2976469
That looks to have the structural stability of a house of cards...

>>2975994
I watched a documentary on how revolutionary these were for house building. Super fascinating.

>>2975994
>not recommended uses for nail plates
crucifixion

>>2980527
Yes. In a fire the plates transfer heat to the teeth which char the wood holding them in. They lose their grip an fall out long before the truss itself is consumed. This leads to an early collapse.