Green Building Forum - Where to get truss connector plates Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:56:15 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258174#Comment_258174 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258174#Comment_258174 Wed, 17 May 2017 20:24:46 +0100 MikC
I'm trying to source some truss nail plates for a workshop roof I'm making. The only ones I can find are either perforated sheet steel which you have to individually nail, such as these. These would be ok, but it's a heck of a lot of nailing.

http://www.strongtie.co.uk/products/detail/nail-plates/127

Or lightweight truss type ones which are "non structural" as below

http://www.strongtie.co.uk/products/detail/mending-plates/149#tab-installation


I want the second type , but decent quality suitable for trusses. I've looked for ages but can't find a supplier. Anyone here know where I can get some?

Thanks in advance
Mike]]> Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258178#Comment_258178 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258178#Comment_258178 Wed, 17 May 2017 21:28:37 +0100 djh
Plates with teeth are designed to be pressed in, usually by hydraulic presses. They can't be nailed because they don't achieve their rated strength that way.

But I may have misunderstood.]]> Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258179#Comment_258179 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258179#Comment_258179 Wed, 17 May 2017 21:40:42 +0100 MikC Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258181#Comment_258181 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258181#Comment_258181 Wed, 17 May 2017 21:57:10 +0100 djh Posted By: MikCI've used the 'teeth plates' (for want of a better word) before, and smacked them in with a lump hammer, probably not ideal but it works OK.
But as I understand it you're outside the terms of the BBA if you do that. Building control ought to fail it if they discover it. I think the issue is that the repeated hammering can enlarge the holes so the teeth pull out more easily.]]> Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258186#Comment_258186 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258186#Comment_258186 Thu, 18 May 2017 06:48:08 +0100 MikC Posted By: djh
Posted By: MikCI've used the 'teeth plates' (for want of a better word) before, and smacked them in with a lump hammer, probably not ideal but it works OK.

But as I understand it you're outside the terms of the BBA if you do that. Building control ought to fail it if they discover it. I think the issue is that the repeated hammering can enlarge the holes so the teeth pull out more easily.

That's a good point and possibly why they are not readily available to Joe public.]]> Where to get truss connector plates https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258195#Comment_258195 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=15097&Focus=258195#Comment_258195 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:28:04 +0100 gyrogear It confirms what DJH says above about pressing...

http://www.icriq.com/en/productique_tfp.html/-/asset_publisher/0Txf/content/automatisation-de-la-fabrication-des-fermes-de-toit/maximized

(Apologies for it bean in French...)

Items 5 & 6 of the diagram says: "locating of connectors" and "pressing of connectors"

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