I can see both sides of this issue. I agree that the weight we are talking about is rather light, but I can understand the inspector's concern. I personally would not have said anything about it if I were inspecting it.

The problem that I have is that your inspector is requiring you to go off of the top chord...did he review the truss engineering and perform the calculations to verify that the top chord could carry the extra weight? [Linked Image]

I agree with George...send the PE an RFI and he'll giggle for a minute and tell you everything is OK.

Ryan Jackson,
Salt Lake City