November 2007
Resisting Uplift
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Letters Resisting Uplift Thanks for the excellent article by Andrew DiGiammo on a simplified method for framing a gambrel roof (September/October 2007). I am wondering whether the detail could be simplified even further by eliminating the steel strap across the ridge. It would seem that the double plywood gusset across the rafters that meet at the ridge acts to provide the same resistance to uplift as does the strap. If the gusset is inadequate by itself, why not just make it slightly larger, with enough fasteners to resist the uplift forces? Carl Mezoff, PE Stamford, Conn. Clayton DeKorne responds: Thanks
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