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Hi, I've just come to boarding internal walls on a bathroom and can see that the roof truss (ceiling plasterboard will be fixed to the truss) is some 20mm higher on one side of the room than the other (across about 2.8m.) The walls that meet the ceiling will be tiled so the difference will stick out like dogs balls, A couple of questions: 1. Whats the best way to fix the difference? Shimming or sistering the underside of the trusses or something else? (builder long gone so up to me to sort it out) 2. Is such a difference an acceptable amount? (whats a general tolerance over about 3m - I'd have thought the trusses should be dead level?) Thanks in advance. -
I'm really torn over what to choose. The original plan for my timber trusses was a softwood of which I have structural calculations already done but I recently changed my idea to make it in Oak instead but I'm really doubting my decision. Not only are the truss makers insisting a set of new structural calcs for oak but I'm thinking for the extra expense, could I find a softwood that could be treated or aged to look like oak? Thoughts?
