<div dir="ltr">Hi James,<div><br></div><div>I haven't had an application exactly as you describe with a tile roof / plywood deck over metal trusses. However, we have installed systems with metal roof support structures many times. Metal self-drilling screws have impressive pullouts, so you might be able to use them with any sort of mount that you want that works with the tiles you have on site. We have used ELCO screws in the past, and they are now part of the DeWalt brands, but here is an example:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://anchors.dewalt.com/anchors/products/screw-fasteners/">https://anchors.dewalt.com/anchors/products/screw-fasteners/</a></div><div><br></div><div>and a Drill-Flex example:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://anchors.dewalt.com/anchors/_documents/uploads/DWANF_DrilFlex-TP-EN-rA_DDS1.pdf?1698346503">https://anchors.dewalt.com/anchors/_documents/uploads/DWANF_DrilFlex-TP-EN-rA_DDS1.pdf?1698346503</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Some of these fasteners are completely self drilling while others require a pilot hole.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>August</div><div>Luminalt</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:17 AM James Rudolph via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Mahalo for your response Sam. That makes me feel a little better.<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Cambria,serif">James
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