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July 2018 #10228 Page #96
Questions Answered: Resisting Uplift with Structural Fasteners By Bryan Wert, M.S., P.E., SECB
Of course you know about creating a continuous load path with either connectors or rod tiedown systems, but have you considered using fasteners instead? In this article, Bryan Wert follows up on our May 2 webinar, Drive a New Path: Resisting Uplift with Structural Fasteners, by answering some of the interesting questions raised by the attendees. On May 2, Simpson Strong-Tie hosted an interactive webinar where we discussed different methods of creating a continuous load path for wind uplift resistance. Most of the hour-long webinar was devoted to the innovative structural screw system comprising our Strong-Drive® SDWC Truss screw and the SDWF Floor-to-Floor screw with TUW take-up washer. In addition to sharing load capacities, installation details and various benefits of this system, we included a design example with illustrative specification options. In case you weren’t able to join our discussion, you can watch the on-demand webinar and earn PDH and CEU credits online. As with our previous webinars, we ended with a Q&A session for the attendees. Billy Viars, our Training Manager in the Southeast United States, and Kent Phillips, our Multi-Family Manager, participated in the conversation as well — and since both of these guys love the sound of their own voices, we couldn’t answer every question in the time allotted. Following are a few of the questions and their answers, but if you’d like to see the full list of questions and answers, you may access it online.
Screw Features / Installation / Applications Does every SDWC screw require a guide? The SDWC15600 and SDWC15450 both come with one guide in a box of 50 screws or two guides in a bucket of 500 screws. The guide helps ensure the correct angle of installation. Many times, however, the screw can be installed at no particular angle (e.g., roof member to top plate with no stud aligned below) — or, if an angled installation is required, our details allow for a range of acceptable angles for installation in case the guide is not used.
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