Bruce Brown wrote:
Our house is built with floor trusses between the first floor and basement. Yours are close to the design of what we have. Ours runs a 28' clear span and yes, they have sagged some over the years (about 1/2") but structurally they're sound.
On mine there is no glue, nor plates to secure the top and bottom plates to the uprights. Adding those would stiffen things even more, and make it a better long term solution.
Since I will use these for this job and some other work around the house, I figured they will only be supporting weight for several hours total, so just holding them together with screws would be sufficient.
