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Plated Truss
Plated Truss
MiTek
®
Product Catalog
Truss Brace & Spacer (Stabilizer™)
The Stabilizer
™
Truss Brace & Spacer provides temporary
construction bracing in the roof and ceiling planes, as well
as permanent lateral bracing for webs as specied by your
truss engineering.
The Stabilizer
™
is easily installed by embedding the patented
MII 20 teeth on the top ange straight into the edge of the truss
member to be braced with a framing hammer. The side tabs
are then secured by driving the teeth into the face of the truss
member being braced.
Materials: 20 gauge
Finish: G60 galvanizing
Codes: IBC
Installation:
• Use 31-16 for standard 16" o.c. spacing and 31-24 for
standard 24" o.c. spacing. For odd spacing, cut and insert
a solid block between the trusses.
• Typically, The Stabilizer
™
is installed at 6'– 8' centers along
the roof plane and 10'– 15' along the ceiling plane. (Refer to
engineering specications BCSI 1-03, published by The Truss
Plate Institute for specic bracing requirements.)
• The Stabilizer
™
must be supplemented with diagonal bracing
in the roof and ceiling planes and cross bracing in the web
plane at required intervals.
• Web forces are not to exceed 8000 lbs.
• The Stabilizer
™
is properly installed when the top ap
and side tabs are ush with the member being braced.
Temporary construction
bracing installation
Side view
Chord
attachment detail
Web bracing
installation
31-24 Stabilizer™
Top view
End view
Important: The erection contractor is responsible for determining
and installing the temporary bracing for the structure, including the
trusses. It is most important for the installer to provide adequate
means for bracing the rst truss installed. The performance of
the entire bracing system depends on the adequacy of the ground
bracing or other means of bracing the rst group of trusses installed.
The building designer is responsible for the permanent bracing
design of the overall structure including the truss. This includes
the design of required supplemental diagonal and cross bracing.
Ref. No. Tension Compression
31-16 TSBR2-16 20 16 105 155 420
31-24 TSBR2-24 20 24 105 155 420
1
)
1
p
ound = 4.448N.
2
)
Fastener shall be
(
1
)
8d or 10d common wire nail inserted throu
g
h nail slot.
3
)
NAILS: 8d nails are 0.131" dia. x 2-1/2" lon
g
, 10d nails are 0.148" dia. x 3" lon
g
.
MiTek USP
Stock No.
Steel
Gauge
Code
Ref.
IBC,
FL
Allowable Axial Loads (Lbs.)
Tension
with Fastener
O.C.
Spacing
(in)
24 o.c.
Odd spacing
25-1/4"
71.28°
1-3/8"
1-1/2"
Tab
Standard MII 20 punch
1-3/8"
1-1/2"
1"7/8"
1/4"
1-3/8"
Hammer here
Hammer here
1-3/8"
Flap
1"
22-1/2"