[RE-wrenches] Steel Trusses

[Jason Szumlanski]

​Yeah, the three suppliers in my area all give me the same nonsense - it's
not in their catalog and they have to order a full pallet to get it. I'm
hoping to find a source online.

Jason



On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Tom Duffy <Tom at solar-biz.com> wrote:

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> While on the subject, anyone have a good source of 2" wide Butyl double
> sided tape? Our local roofing suppliers only have 1".
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> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Peter Giroux <pgiroux at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
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> Chad
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>   I second August. We have had great success with self tapping screws. Put
> some butyl on the L-foot and set it in.
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> thx
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> peter
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> *From:* August Goers <august at luminalt.com>
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> *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
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> *Sent:* Monday, June 06, 2016 6:44 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Steel Trusses
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> Hi Chad,
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> We’ve occasionally installed onto steel trusses with either self drilling
> screws (no pilot required) or thread forming screws (pilot hole required).
> See attached sample spec sheets.
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> I suppose you could install a standard tile hook type product with the
> types of fasters I listed above. Or, hire a roofer to waterproof your
> stanchions and reinstall the removed tiles. More and more, we are moving
> towards the latter because we’ve bumped into issues with degrading
> underlayment (felt paper) under tile roofs.
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> Best,
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> August
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> Luminalt
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> *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Chad Waits
> *Sent:* Monday, June 06, 2016 3:15 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Steel Trusses
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> Wrenches,
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> Anyone out there have any experience attaching arrays (from the topside)
> to roofs with steel trusses under plywood decking? We’ve got a new project
> that has steel trusses and we would prefer to not have to spend time in the
> attic bolting through  (it was 113 degrees here today)… Is there a
> fastening system out there that anyone has experience with?
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> Oh, the roof is composite/strengthened clay tile as well.
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> Thanks!
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> Chad Waits
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