# Hurricane Straps New Construction **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc. Discussion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384 "2020-05-22T01:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mables](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mables/32/59891_2.png) [@mables](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mables)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/1 "2020-05-22T01:17:23Z")
New construction. 2020. Was inspecting for wind mitigation and could not find any hurricane clips/straps that I am used to. All I could find was full straps and partial straps with 3 nails on the top plate. Any help is appreciated. ![836 Piney Village Loop (144)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/5/8/58b24cc7adbcf8f6f012b0fbd4cd7f427b6069cc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/2 "2020-05-22T11:44:12Z")
Were there any at at the roof to wall connection? ---
**Author:** ![mables](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mables/32/59891_2.png) [@mables](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mables)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/3 "2020-05-22T13:27:12Z")
No. This is in FL. I’ve been told by another contractor that they installed the engineered screws from the bottom of the top plate up through the truss. Anyone hear of this? ---
**Author:** ![mgoldenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgoldenberg/32/89265_2.png) [@mgoldenberg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgoldenberg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/4 "2020-05-22T13:33:35Z")
Roy is in Florida. He’s a lic state contractor. That pic does not show a roof to wall connection. It looks like some other type of beam or strip than runs perpendicular to the truss cord that is not the attachment required. Got any more pics? ---
**Author:** ![ddagostino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ddagostino/32/60136_2.png) [@ddagostino](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ddagostino)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/5 "2020-05-22T13:39:18Z")
He’s describing TimberLoK (or similar) structural screws . You can’t see them or verify them once the walls are assembled. > **[TimberLOK Truss/Rafter to Top Plate Structural Wood Screw - Landscape Timber...](https://www.fastenmaster.com/products/timberlok-heavy-duty-wood-screw.html)** > > TimberLOK is a code-compliant truss and rafter to top plate structural wood screw, landscape timber and stair stringer screw that can be attached with no predrilling. TimberLOK can … ---
**Author:** ![mables](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mables/32/59891_2.png) [@mables](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mables)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/6 "2020-05-22T13:48:30Z")
![836 Piney Village Loop (137)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/4/1/413512acaf341aa820bc2e948ec966cd2a12ab26.jpeg) Thank you. In this picture I think you can see the screw. How would you report this on a wind mit? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/7 "2020-05-22T14:14:17Z")
Can you show us a end wall to roof. ---
**Author:** ![mgoldenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgoldenberg/32/89265_2.png) [@mgoldenberg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgoldenberg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/8 "2020-05-22T14:15:30Z")
I looked @ the video on the site & still do not see how this made a RTW connection on the OP pics. The screws (can’t tell they may be nails?) do not appear to be fastening the truss. The metal bracket they are nailed to are adjacent to the truss. I give! 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![ddagostino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ddagostino/32/60136_2.png) [@ddagostino](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ddagostino)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/9 "2020-05-22T14:26:38Z")
> [@mgoldenberg](#): > > still do not see how this made a RTW connection on the OP pics. That’s the problem with these screws, can’t see them from the attic after the fact (he posted a second pic showing a shiner TimberLok, red colored screw, enlarge the photo to see it). The metal connectors in the OP aren’t the RTW. ---
**Author:** ![rkehr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rkehr/32/190272_2.png) [@rkehr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rkehr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/10 "2020-05-22T14:33:29Z")
A second screw visible, head only. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/b/0/b04b48952b6c9cfa529de2c9c59d0ef28cff7951.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ddagostino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ddagostino/32/60136_2.png) [@ddagostino](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ddagostino)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/11 "2020-05-22T14:38:06Z")
> [@rkehr](#): > > A second screw visible, head only Saw that too, the 2nd screw up top. ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/12 "2020-05-22T15:11:50Z")
I’d call it a toenail. ---
**Author:** ![slaird](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/slaird/32/58313_2.png) [@slaird](https://forum.nachi.org/u/slaird)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/hurricane-straps-new-construction/165384/13 "2020-05-22T15:17:52Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/2/7/276657f3c541c6639ed8184580f3800b627551e8.jpeg) I’m in southwest Louisiana and always look for hurricane straps like in the photo. Not sure if the type of fasteners Jeremy is describing would survive a Cat 2 hurricane. Just curious—do the roof to wall fastener requirements differ with truss roofs and standard joist and rafter construction?