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THE STABILIZER® truss brace
for Accurate Spacing & Reliable Bracing
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The Stabilizer® truss brace and spacer provides truss installers the best of both worlds... accurate 24" o.c. truss spacing with ample structural properties for both construction bracing and permanent lateral bracing. It is the first truss spacer to provide both temporary construction bracing as well as permanent lateral bracing. The Stabilizer is truly a breakthrough product! Its unique design means truss setting will never be faster, or easier. Just attach The Stabilizer to the top chord of an installed truss, bring up the next truss, and hammer down the top and side tabs. Simple, no nails are needed. |
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No cutting and handling spacer blocks or "layout sticks" either. No more fumbling for nails hanging 30 feet in the air! And, since the Stablizer is in-plane you just deck right over the top of it. In addition, the unique structural quality of the Stabilizer allows it to be used as permanent lateral bracing. The Stabilizer is so quick to install, you can brace webs as you set trusses, eliminating the need to return later to install lateral bracing. |
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THE STABILIZER truss brace
Installation Guide and Product Specification |
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The Stabilizer Truss Brace provides temporary construction bracing in the roof and ceiling planes, as well as permanent lateral bracing for webs as specified by your truss engineering. The Stabilizer is easily installed by embedding the patented MII 20 teeth on the top flap 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.
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Use the Stabilizer for standard 24" o.c.spacing. For odd spacing, cut and insert a solid block between the trusses.
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Typically, the Stabilizer is installed at 6'-8' centers along the roof plane and 10'-15' along the ceiling plane. Refer to engineering specificaiton HIB-91, or DSB-89 (published by The Truss Plate Institute) or MiTek 20/20 “Perfect Vision Software”® design software for specific bracing requirement.
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The Stabilizer must be supplemented with diagonal bracing in the roof and ceiling planes and cross bracing in the web plane at required intervals.
Steel
ASTM A653 Grade 40
0.036 inch (20ga.) Thickness
G60 Galvanized Coating
0.83 lb./piece product weight
Allowable Axial Loads
Compression = 422 lbs.
Tension 106 lbs.
Tension (with fastener*) 154
* Fastener shall be one 8d or 10d common wire nail inserted through the nail slot.
Click this link NER-561 to review the National Evaluation Report on The Stabilizer®. |
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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 first truss installed. The performance of the entire bracing system depends on the adequacy of the ground bracing or other means of bracing the first 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.
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This page last updated on - 13/07/2007
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