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2005 - Volume #29, Issue #1, Page #16

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"No Truss" Building Saves Space, Lowers Cost

"It's a do-it-yourselfer's dream come true," says Rodger Parry, Socket Systems, Inc., about his company's building system that makes it easy for anyone to put up building roofs without the need for trusses.
  The idea is to use hollow steel "sockets" to join wood frames together to make everything from barns and garages to houses.
  "It lets you build solid, long lasting structures without the need for cranes and heavy equipment," says Parry. "The clear-span design eliminates the need for big load-bearing headers for trusses to sit on. Because everything is above ground, it also eliminates rotting that can occur on posts placed in the ground.
  "The design creates more useable space under the roof, leaving room for a second floor, loft, or cathedral ceiling. A big material-saving advantage is that you can have a door opening in your building's end wall which is higher than your eaves."
  Another advantage of the design, he says, is that machinery sheds can be made virtually bird-proof. "The design eliminates virtually all the places where birds can nest and roost," says Parry.
  The steel sockets allow you to join dimensional lumber at angles to form rooflines. So instead of using trusses you can have an insulated, ventilated roof made up of wood rafters, which travel "uphill" to a ridge board. Or, you can have wood purlins, on 24-in. centers, spanning from one frame to the next. Hinged frame anchors - with built-in moisture barriers - let you assemble a two-legged frame while it's flat on the ground. The frame can then be pulled, pushed or raised into a locked upright position.
  Parry says the building design is comparably priced to everyday pole barns.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Socket Systems, Inc., 378 Henry St., Meadville, Penn. 16335 (ph 800 724-8250 or 814 333-1717; fax 814 333-1717; email: inquiries@socketsystems.com); in Canada, contact Chesher Brothers, Inc., P.O. Box 283, Frankfort, Ontario, Canada K0K 2C0 (ph 613 398-8853; email: socketsystemsontario @sympatico.ca; website: www.socket systems.com).

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"No Truss" Building Saves Space, Lowers Cost BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 29-1-16 "It's a do-it-yourselfer's dream come true," says Rodger Parry, Socket Systems, Inc., about his company's building system that makes it easy for anyone to put up building roofs without the need for trusses. The idea is to use hollow steel "sockets" to join wood frames together to make everything from barns and garages to houses. "It lets you build solid, long lasting structures without the need for cranes and heavy equipment," says Parry. "The clear-span design eliminates the need for big load-bearing headers for trusses to sit on. Because everything is above ground, it also eliminates rotting that can occur on posts placed in the ground. "The design creates more useable space under the roof, leaving room for a second floor, loft, or cathedral ceiling. A big material-saving advantage is that you can have a door opening in your building's end wall which is higher than your eaves." Another advantage of the design, he says, is that machinery sheds can be made virtually bird-proof. "The design eliminates virtually all the places where birds can nest and roost," says Parry. The steel sockets allow you to join dimensional lumber at angles to form rooflines. So instead of using trusses you can have an insulated, ventilated roof made up of wood rafters, which travel "uphill" to a ridge board. Or, you can have wood purlins, on 24-in. centers, spanning from one frame to the next. Hinged frame anchors - with built-in moisture barriers - let you assemble a two-legged frame while it's flat on the ground. The frame can then be pulled, pushed or raised into a locked upright position. Parry says the building design is comparably priced to everyday pole barns. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Socket Systems, Inc., 378 Henry St., Meadville, Penn. 16335 (ph 800 724-8250 or 814 333-1717; fax 814 333-1717; email: inquiries@socketsystems.com); in Canada, contact Chesher Brothers, Inc., P.O. Box 283, Frankfort, Ontario, Canada K0K 2C0 (ph 613 398-8853; email: socketsystemsontario @sympatico.ca; website: www.socket systems.com).

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