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Intermediary walls that run under trusses, but don't bear load, are supposed to be a minimum of 10mm below the underside of truss however if this requirement weren't met, I can't see a certifier telling the builder to lift the trusses 10mm or somehow reduce the height of a block wall by that...

While trusses are generally designed to bear load only on external walls, they can also be designed to utilise internal load bearing walls. This comes into play when engineering the trusses and the manufacturer may be able to use smaller members - profile(timber) or gauge(steel) - in the...

Yeah I gotta disagree with dex as well. You said load bearing or truss roof but truss roofs are load bearing. In no way am I telling you to knock it down but generally if you can see along the length of the top of the wall and can see nothing directly supported by it, it may not be load bearing...