A gusset is just another word for a nailer. Now you're
probably wondering what a nailer is. If you look at the picture below
you will notice that someone cut a small 2 x 6 and they're using it to
connect the stair headout to the floor joist.
Gussets come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be
cut out of different materials. Builders have been using pieces of wood
to hold other pieces of wood together for centuries.
I worked on a job one time where someone used a plywood gusset to attach
roof rafters together, at the ridge or top of the roof framing. I didn't
know it at the time, but this could have been the first engineered
roofing system in the world.
Don't forget to check out other words like gusset, I've sprinkled them
out, throughout the entire stair glossary. I can't believe how many
words there are to describe the same thing in the construction industry.
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