To emphasize the importance of proper roof and deck flashing and to provide typical and enhanced flashing techniques for coastal homes.
Roof to wall toenails.
Contact your insurance agent and ask them what discount would be if your wind mitigation is updated from a.
As with rafter style roofs toenailing is one of the most common ways of attaching a truss style roof to a wall plate.
See roof to wall connections section on your 1802 win.
Toenails on roof to wall attachment to b.
In the past rafters and trusses were typically fastened in place with three 10d or 16d toenails a connection that was easily torn apart in a high wind.
There are good reasons to improve roof wall connections.
23 roof to wall and deck to wall flashing home builder s guide to coastal construction page 1 of 3 purpose.
Toe nails is the way a roof structure was secured to the walls until around the 1960s and it is nails driven diagonally through the side of the roof truss rafter into the top plate of the wall.
Roof to wall and deck to wall flashing www fema gov technical fact sheet no.
How to verify if you have toe nails or clips trying to hold your roof structure to your exterior walls.