When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns.
Roof to wall attachements.
Roof to wall attachments also known as roof to wall connections or hurricane clips straps and wraps are imperative to transferring intense negative uplift pressure from the roof into the building s vertical load bearing walls.
If you can access the wall plate and roof from an unfinished ceiling use a connector like the simpson h1 clip see figure 3.
Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledger s top edge.
This is crucial in safeguarding your home s roof and the roof components such as its roof deck and trusses.
Fastening to masonry walls.
The roof framing itself in this.
How to frame a roof against a brick wall.
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Roof to wall attachment photos.
The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high.
The h1 has been shown to increase the strength of this connection to more than 1 000 pounds of uplift.
Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done.