Do you need diagonal bracing?
Do you need diagonal bracing? Diagonal bracing is really important if you're working with roof trusses on a room addition. Many a carpenter has been killed or seriously injured when roof trusses suddenly collapse as they're erected. Wind can easily push them over if they have no bracing. What does a diagonal brace do? Diagonal bracing is a structural component of just about any building. It provides lateral stability preventing collapse of a wall, deck, roof, etc. If you stand the wall up and nail the bottom plate to the floor to hold just that in place, the wall might...