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   DaveRicheson | Feb 09, 2003 09:28pm | #1

   Sounds like you are trying to avoid a truss uplift problem.

   You do not screw the d/w to trusses within the two feet of a wall to corner intersection, thus it is floating. When you hang the walls, you pin the ceiling sheat to the bottom of the truss with the upper sheet. Screw the top of the wall piece as you normaly would, tape and finsh. Since the ceiling board is not attached to the truss within two feet of the wall, if you get truss uplift it is suppose to be able to flex enough ro keep from splitting the tape or cracking the joint compoud.

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   HeavyDuty | Feb 09, 2003 10:23pm | #2

   Are clips optional?

   Tom

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   DaveRicheson | Feb 10, 2003 12:42am | #3

   I have never used them, but it seems reasonable that they would hold the floating ceiling edge to the wall panel a little more than mud and tape.

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   Schelling | Feb 10, 2003 05:40am | #4

   We have been using clips for the past 5-8 years. Not only do they hold the drywall in place but they are necessary to help align adjacent sheets. We also use them on wall intersections.

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   Mooney | Feb 10, 2003 03:40pm | #5

   When do you decide you are going to have truss uplift , or is this your common way of building ?

   Tim Mooney

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   BossHog | Feb 10, 2003 04:07pm | #7

   "When do you decide you are going to have truss uplift...?"

   Any house with roof trusses that's in an area of the country that requires heating can have truss uplift. Her's a thread about it I did a while back with a lot more info and B.S.:

   Truss uplift

   BTW - I almost called you a "goat roper" once, since you're from Arkansas. But I wasn't sure if that was PC, or if it's just people from Oklahoma that called themselves goat ropers.........Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous."

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   HeavyDuty | Feb 11, 2003 08:05am | #8

   The slotted anchor, do you need to put in one on each side of the truss or just one at each attachment point?

   Tom

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   BossHog | Feb 11, 2003 04:08pm | #9

   I don't see any reason to use them on both sides. All you're trying to do with them is hold the wall in position. Bumpersticker: If you can read this, I've lost my trailer.

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   HeavyDuty | Feb 11, 2003 04:52pm | #10

   I was thinking of it being similar to toe nailing, thanks.

   Tom

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   DaveRicheson | Feb 12, 2003 01:37am | #11

   All trusses, since I built my inlaws home in 91. I did not hang or finish the board, but I sure heard about the cracked corners  and tape pulled loose.

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   BossHog | Feb 10, 2003 03:51pm | #6

   Attached you should find some pictures which might help explain it better.

   As far as I'm concerned, clips are optional. I prefer wood blocking between the trusses. The blocking is attached to the top plate of the wall, and sticks over the edge. Then the drywall can be screwed to the blocking.

   When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never about themselves.