How to Build 36 Foot Steel Trusses

In this video I will be covering the entire build process of making these 36' foot Angle Iron Pipe and plate Trusses
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[@columbuspalmer846]

Great job love the trusses you have done

[@egancraneriggingservicesin9142]

Got to admire the work ethic

[@zoharflax6363]

Great video and explanations, thanks!

[@MIHEAWATR]

you cut pipes cleverly. I will be doing a similar project at home.

[@jamessmith5905]

Really enjoyed the video! Just subscribed!

[@chardserranovlog8303]

Thank you for your useful information..

[@CreativityUnleashed]

thanks!!!

[@adumichael9603]

Nice video

[@niponfabrication4339]

Thank you for sharing your ideas 🙏 Love from India🇮🇳

[@CreativityUnleashed]

thanks

[@niponfabrication4339]

@@CreativityUnleashed No problem

[@RajKumarweldingwork]

Nice bro

[@AF-100]

Thank you for your useful information. I would like to know: 1) how much is the thickness of the roof sheet, I mean what gauge is the sheet used on the roof? 2) how much is the distance between the purlins?

[@raydreamer7566]

For a flat roof roof truss for your vertical supports would you choose pipe or angle iron and why ??? Also what gage of pipe would you use ?

[@davecherylbjjclark6505]

Great stuff, i am going to try this with a 4" T-bar as i only have a 10.5m wide span , what grinding disc and milling vice did you use for cutting the slots in the pipes ? I am in Brazil so defo no snow load

[@svtelos4726]

Tips for construction: for a Pratt truss, the diagonals all are in tension and all the verticals are in compression. so its possible to just have rod or flat stock for diagonals and angles or box for verticals.

[@CreativityUnleashed]

I am not an engineer I just get asked to build trusses and I've been trying different methods out and often over building a little bit it's still cheaper than hiring an engineer but thanks

[@svtelos4726]

@@CreativityUnleashed There are a number of good videos that discuss truss types and stresses. Paul Kassabian has a good series and makes it understandable.

[@FoodforThought-Plus]

Thanks for the video. Question: how many vertical posts you have to put in a 36 f truss?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

Since I'm not an engineer usually I design a truss and show it to an engineer and if they want some changes made I'll make them and then I build it usually there isn't a whole lot involved I often find the process cheaper to a little overbilled than to pay a bunch of people to try to optimize The design and it seems most engineers and people don't know how to optimize trusses there is always unknown factors

[@suriyadunya9994]

Can they be used for residential homes? How do they compare to wooden support construction?

[@tstonge4982]

Thanks for putting the Vid together - I have a question for you about building what I'll call 'floor trusses' for a pedestrian bridge project (over my creek). Can you respond with a way to contact you so I can get your input? Thanks

[@mcorentin]

Nice DIY. You just gave me courage to ditch ibeams and build a truss instead. What size angle iron and depth of truss would you use for a 38ft span flat roof ?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

I am not an engineer so I can't say exactly are you going to have snow load ?

[@mcorentin]

@@CreativityUnleashed yes adding snow load. It would be a flat sloped roof 38ft wide by 25ft deep. .with water running toward the 38ft side.

[@CreativityUnleashed]

@@mcorentin Well I'm pretty sure you're going to have to either work with an engineer or find engineered design trusses and copy them

[@emyhelsoriano2385]

What sire all materyals and puralens what size

[@Sgh-sc2im]

👏👏👏

[@daleevans3841]

Hi, great vid and I got a lot from it - thanks. However, I have 2 questions: What size angle are you using here? I can't weld so would using nuts and bolts be ok for my 20ft project? I really appreciate any guidance here.

[@CreativityUnleashed]

on small metal trusses like that I would consider using metal studs there quite a few methods that you can screw them together that works quite well

[@everettcrescentreese7609]

Are still on the DR island..?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

@@everettcrescentreese7609 not just now but I should be back soon

[@emmanuelchipili5244]

What is the building size

[@bearupfarm1818]

What is the angle cut to make the 4/ 12 pitch on angle iron to put the 2 pieces

[@svtelos4726]

The arc-tan(pitch), or arctan(4/12) = arctan(.333) = 18.43 degrees

[@dtezthompson5034]

How do you come up with the design for the trusses? How do you determine how many pieces of pipe to put in the middle? I’m looking to get into building trusses. Do you know where I could find some engineer approved truss blueprints?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

in the past when I've tried to get engineered designed trusses I hadn't been able to sorry I can't help you with that if you find anything good I would be interested in it as well I mainly do calculated guess work quite a few of the engineers I've worked with don't exactly know how to do trust design as well so because it's quite complicated for a lot of people

[@dtezthompson5034]

@@CreativityUnleashed thanks for replying I found a few prints last night but they were more like sketches scanned and uploaded to the internet. A guy commented on here about a video an old engineer explains trusses in a fairly easily digestible way. I’m going to rewatch it. I’ve heard engineers have difficulty with trusses cause it’s so many cross members and it’s hard to figure out the load bearing abilities of the trusses with a lot of cross members.

[@CreativityUnleashed]

@@dtezthompson5034 Yes I think I watched that video that someone mentioned. and there are also a lot of just unknown factors that are difficult to calculate in software or on paper

[@eddieromero740]

Hello, now a subscriber looking into building a 28x28 carport, I was interested on using some of your techniques on building trusses. I'll be using 5x5 Square tubing for post, can you share some of your plans to build a truss? Thanks in advance

[@CreativityUnleashed]

if you haven't looked at some of the other trust designs I've done more recently you may be interested in doing that also because I was testing out this concept for the first time I quite a bit over built them if it's 28 feet that doesn't require a whole lot to span

[@keavalientino]

@@CreativityUnleashed amazing. can i email you?

[@keavalientino]

im struggling with a roof design. how to contact you?

[@sundayawaitoma3909]

Not a building engineer but involved in a building approximately 40' wide and 90' long. What type of iron, angle bars or H and size would be ideal and how many trusses/ truss interval distance?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

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[@coloradowellness8534]

Any chance you could share the dimensions of the materials used? Maybe a schematic? Looking to make some trusses for a greenhouse. Thanks!

[@CreativityUnleashed]

it would be easier if I had a way to message them to you.

[@coloradowellness8534]

@@CreativityUnleashed thanks for responding so quickly

[@CreativityUnleashed]

@@coloradowellness8534 you can message me on Instagram darren.johnson95

[@adumichael9603]

Pls am doing same work here there is way for me to come there acquire some experience there

[@syukryismail2079]

May I know the thickness of the angle iron?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

2"x2"x3/16" I think it was

[@christinac9826]

What are the distance between the 2 trusses?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

I believe they were out about 12 or 14 feet can't remember exactly now

[@CreativityUnleashed]

but I do remember the building was 55 feet long

[@mohomadrashmi2927]

Where is this country you from

[@CreativityUnleashed]

Dominican Republic

[@nrosario]

Is that in the Dominican Republic? Santiago?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

yes

[@nrosario]

@@CreativityUnleashed that's my hometown, are you still there?

[@CreativityUnleashed]

@@nrosario yes I do lots of projects in DR

[@jairamragbir437]

nice work cowboys🙏💎🍾🥂🍸🏝🌴👙🇹🇹