enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: hurricane clips rafter or joist

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tie (engineering) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_(engineering)

    Rafter ties are designed to tie together the bottoms of opposing rafters on a roof, to resist the outward thrust where the roof meets the house ceiling and walls. This helps keep walls from spreading due to the weight of the roof and anything on it, notably wet snow. In many or most homes, the ceiling joists also serve as the rafter ties. When ...

  3. Worried About Natural Disasters? These 11 Renovations Could ...

    www.aol.com/worried-natural-disasters-11...

    Look Into Hurricane Clips ... They work by securing the top plate of your home to the rafters or trusses of the roof, and these can generally be installed for less than $2,000.

  4. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane-proof_building

    A Category 5 hurricane-proof log house is resistant to winds up to 245 miles per hour (394 km/h). Wall logs in such construction must be made of glued laminated timber and all other components of the house, including hurricane straps, must be hurricane-resistant.

  5. Montage wrongly links storm damage clips to Hurricane ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/montage-wrongly-links-storm-damage...

    Hurricane Helene made landfall about 11:10 p.m. ET Sept. 26 near Perry, Florida, after forming as a tropical storm Sept. 24 and strengthening to a Category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, according ...

  6. Kokua Line: Where's homeowner checklist to cut wildfire risk?

    www.aol.com/kokua-line-wheres-homeowner...

    Nov. 1—Question : With so many wildfires now, is there a list homeowners can follow to prepare their homes, sort of like with the hurricane preparedness of having hurricane clips on your roof, etc.?

  7. Cross bracing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_bracing

    Cross bracing between joists or rafters strengthens the members by preventing sideways deflection. This bracing is known by many names such as herringbone strutting, blocking, bridging, and dwanging. This bracing is known by many names such as herringbone strutting, blocking, bridging, and dwanging.

  8. My Safe Florida Home funded with $200 million. When you ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/safe-florida-home-funded-200...

    Workers on Thursday, May 27, 2021, repair Nellie Dean's roof, which was destroyed by Hurricane Delta. Dean's roof was replaced after the Knights of Peter Claver #166 collected funds to fix it for her.

  9. Dragon beam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_beam

    The dragon beam lies parallel to and below a hip rafter and carries the rafter. The dragon beam is carried by the wall on the outer end and by a horizontal piece between the two walls on the inside end. There are conflicting usages for this term in the U.K. and U.S.A. (see below). The most common usage seems to be combination dragon beam/cross tie.

  1. Ads

    related to: hurricane clips rafter or joist