Thursday, September 29, 2022

Strap that house down tight!

 


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  1. thinking like a grip; now, to the bar.

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  2. I read, several years back, that you could do that for tornado protection. Obviously the straps would run from the roof to the basement (indoors).

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  3. I like it...might just work. Need to get 20 in the cart before the crowd does a run on 2" straps.

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  4. What are they using for anchors?

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  5. I'd like to know if it worked...

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  6. If you go to Key West you will see Victorian homes brought from New England by ship's captains, or so the story goes. They have cables that go right over their roofs in order to "anchor " them in case of hurricane. Apparently it works; they're still there...

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  7. Even in hurricane zone, the storm shutters are fake, merely decorative.

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    1. For more than 20 years all new home construction in southwest FL has required either hurricane shutters or 200mph windows. On the barrier islands, where I do a lot of design work, 3/4" stainless steel cables are installed inside the walls that are continuous from the pilings on one side, up and over the roof system and down the other side.

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  8. Think those straps would work in a 7.5 Richter quake?

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  9. This should freak out newcomers to Florida.

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  10. Look closer...they're strapping down the solar panels

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    1. No, what you're seeing as the lower edges of solar panels are actually boards that are there to protect the gutters from being crushed by the straps. I have never seen this before and I would also like to know how the straps are anchored.

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    2. Thanks for the clarification...
      When my home was anchored, they used a 5/8" diameter rod, shaped like a cork screw. It was screwed into the ground, at an angle, with what appeared to be a large "drill like" motor.

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  11. I wouldn't think that the straps and anchors would need to be all that strong to hold things in place. High winds only work when they start to get underneath a structure which then starts to lift and angle into the wind force - the more it captures, the greater the force. Keeping the roof bound down to prevent this initial ingress could go a long way to preserving the structure I think.

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    1. If only those anchors weren't mostly about as sturdy as fond wishes.

      Bury some concrete logs and clip into them, and we can talk.

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