Glennman CBO
Silver Member
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2009
- Messages
- 441
Had a funny but scarry one the other day.
I suppose this could fit under fire, or mechanical, but it involves trusses, so I put it here.
Inspected a paint booth. There are (2) approx 24" exhaust vents going into the attic, and extending out the roof. I looked in the attic from the access point and it appeared that the wood trusses had been cut to accomodate the vents. The attic at this area (near the ridge) is approx 8 ft high, so there would be the bottom chord, at least one web, and the top chord involved at each vent. The roof slope is approx 6/12.
I wrote the correction to provide engineering for the truss repair that would be required (among others).
The gentleman procceded to explain to me that the trusses have not been cut, but rather that trusses were fully intact. He continued to expalin that he wrapped the truss members with sheet metal, and that the truss members were INSIDE the vents. He said that he contacted the truss company, and this was the advice they gave him. He actually enclosed the vents around the trusses!
I asked him for the correction notice back so that I could make the changes to the correction. He appeared relieved when I completely scratched the correction, but his demeaner changed when I reworded a new one at the bottom (as you can imagine).
Yes, they are out there.
I suppose this could fit under fire, or mechanical, but it involves trusses, so I put it here.
Inspected a paint booth. There are (2) approx 24" exhaust vents going into the attic, and extending out the roof. I looked in the attic from the access point and it appeared that the wood trusses had been cut to accomodate the vents. The attic at this area (near the ridge) is approx 8 ft high, so there would be the bottom chord, at least one web, and the top chord involved at each vent. The roof slope is approx 6/12.
I wrote the correction to provide engineering for the truss repair that would be required (among others).
The gentleman procceded to explain to me that the trusses have not been cut, but rather that trusses were fully intact. He continued to expalin that he wrapped the truss members with sheet metal, and that the truss members were INSIDE the vents. He said that he contacted the truss company, and this was the advice they gave him. He actually enclosed the vents around the trusses!
I asked him for the correction notice back so that I could make the changes to the correction. He appeared relieved when I completely scratched the correction, but his demeaner changed when I reworded a new one at the bottom (as you can imagine).
Yes, they are out there.