Roof Truss Restraint Straps

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Roof truss restraint straps.

Enjoy watching and keep yours eyes peeled. Suitable for a variety of applications such as masonry reinforcement or adding stability to your building project. Heavy restraint straps meet requirements for lateral restraint of roof trusses rafters and joists tied into masonry walls. Lateral restraint to gable walls should be provided at rafter level at all times.

By clicking i agree below you are giving your consent for us to set cookies. Where floors joists rafters and flat roof trusses are built in or supported by hangers off the wall its required to use lateral restraint by tension straps in accordance with the provisions in bs en 1996 2 2006 and building regulation requirements. Light restraint straps are designed for vertical loads such as wall plates on top of masonry walls. Even if you are using pre fabricated roof trusses part a of the building regulations and bs8103 remain clear that tensions straps should be no more than 2m apart.

Our surveyors are seeing more and more instances where lateral restraint straps to the head of gable walls are being applied at spacing greater than the maximum permitted 2m. Trussed rafter roof bracing systems are designed to provide adequate stability to the entire roof structure and it is recognised that providing the straps are located at suitable positions and centres to accommodate the requirements for wall restraint the longitudinal bracing members generally comprising 25mm x100mm sawn timber together with their fixings to the trussed rafters should be. Simpson strong tie restraint strap twist 5mm x 30mm x 600mm pack of 20 534019. Fixing to solid noggings using a minimum of four 50mm x 4mm steel screws or four 75mm x 4mm 8swg round nails with one fixing in the third rafter figure 1 or.

Lateral restraint straps should be fixed to the roof structure by either. Separating walls with horizontal staggers between two dwellings should be provided with restraint straps. Our fantastic range of metalwork products includes angles beads joist hangers meshing and more. Provides wind restraint the clip attaches girders trusses and rafter to wall plates.