2 16d end nails through the plate from below into the stud end wall stud 2x4 to sole plate or shoe 4 8 d toe nails or.
Roof to wall toe nails.
Toe nails are a single nail driven through the truss at an angle into the top plate of the supporting wall.
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.
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The connection known as a toe nail or a slant nail is fabricated by installing nails at an angle through the side of a roof framing members and into the wall s top plate.
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A minimum of three nails need to be used with every option other than toe nails.
This section described the way the trusses are attached to the main house structure.
If you have box a checked or shaded for toe nails you need this upgrade.
Wall stud 2x4 to top plate.
If on page 2 of this report roof to wall attachment toenail is checked you are spending too much for your coverage.
There are good reasons to improve roof wall connections.
How to verify if you have toe nails or clips trying to hold your roof structure to your exterior walls.
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Rafter to top plate.
See roof to wall connections section on your 1802 wind mit form.
Roof to wall attachment.
This roof to wall attachment was popular in older homes but it doesn t provide much wind resistance for the roof.
Roof to wall attachment.
3 8d toe nails see notes in text above floor or ceiling joist to sill plate or girder top.
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.
In light frame wood construction nails have historically been the primary method for connecting roof members to walls.