Foundation and floor truss system and method of building construction
CA 1184733 A · Owner: Bowen, Alfred J. · Inventors: Bowen, Alfred J.
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A combined wooden floor joist and foundation wall stud frame component and construction process is disclosed whereby a wooden foundation wall and floor joists for a framed building are erected simultaneously. The individual frame component members include elongated floor joist members that mount all weather treated foundation wall studs by means of truss clips. The studs have side surfaces that are coplanar with side surfaces of the floor joists. A number of the frame components may be secured to a footing along a treated sill plate and tied together by the sill, plate and by treated plywood sheathing nailed to the studs. A rim joist can also be used to tie the individual frame components …
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- Granted April 2, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 2, 2002.
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