This is the week that the framing inspection is scheduled for, so a last minute push was on to get all the little details looked after. One of those, was the hurricane ties. This building has more ties or straps than is typical. Deirdre had been working to get her system "engineered" and one of the specs called for ties that would withstand 1 kilo-newton forces. These are on the building to guard against the roof being peeled off due to "up-lift" which a building with larger overhangs is more susceptible to, and below to more securely fasten the supports to the sill plate. I feel good knowing they are on the building. So in addition to the hurricane ties or straps that are standard with the truss application, we have steel strapping on the top and the bottom of the support structures. The last ones we installed were fastened to the bottom of the support posts and the sill-plate and were difficult to get at as we had diagonal bracing all over the building. That bracing will remain until the bales are in and the pla
ster is in place.
ster is in place. In this last photo, you can see the damage that was done to some of the trees at the edge of the building lot. These were scraped by the excavator. We will trim off the dead branches and generally tidy things up when we have a moment. You can also note the size and treatment of our sill-plates. They are the width of a bale and lined with 1 1/2" foam which will keep the bales off the concrete floor.
