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John Russell A
Dec 4, 2007, 07:52 PM
The trusses are 12 5 pitch I want to cut into them a foot
It's a metal pole barn, its 12 foot high
I want to make it 13 foot high
Is this feasible?
Thank you
John

hvac1000
Dec 7, 2007, 11:50 AM
Yes but if you are in a area that requires a permit you will have to submit a engineers drawing with his signature of approval before the building dept will accept a cut up truss.
Trusses are not designed to be modified because they are designed to only support the imposed load as they were constructed with in there original dimensions.