Floor and Roof Trusses
At Homoly Construction, all of our new homes use floor and roof truss construction. This method is far superior to the traditional "stick built" construction used by the vast majority of home builders in the Kansas City area. Just some of the advantages include:
- Stronger. One our homes was hit by a tornado in 2004 with the homeowners inside. The shingles were blown off the roof and the spindles were blown out of the front porch handrail, but the home held strong.
- Faster construction.
- Less expensive.
- Able to span nearly double the distance of stick framing. This eliminates most (if not all) columns and beams in a basement.
- HVAC ducts, plumbing, and electrical can be run THROUGH the open web design instead of underneath the joists. This eliminates the need to "fir down" chases around all of this equipment.
- 3 1/2" nailing surface for subfloor and drywall instead of a 1 1/2" nailing surface.
- No squeaks.
- Less scrap. All trusses arrive at the job site custom to that foundation.
- Roof trusses span from the front wall to the back wall of the home. Typically, no interior bearing walls are needed for very open designs.
- An engineer designs the structure of the home rather than counting on framers to make sure they distribute the loads through the home correctly (a reason for many sheetrock cracks on walls and ceilings).
Comparison of 2x10, TJI, and Floor Trusses
Floor and Roof Trusses
Soil Analysis
Foundations
Waterproofing
Floor and Roof Trusses
