Thursday, September 20, 2007

Seismic brackets


You have too look carefully but there is a metal bracket that secures each truss with the wall header. The bottom part of the wall is attached to the concrete foundation with bolts as well as similar straps.
This is for seismic (earthquake) precautions. They use the same ones for hurricane protection in Florida. I wonder if they even use nails in New Orleans?

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