H clips

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by kshepard

It's an engineering call.
All jobs that I do H-clips are specified in Divion 0600 for rafter framing of 2'0" o.c..

Many, many homes have been built without them. True

They're a good idea with framing on 24" centers, but you can't call it a defect unless you're looking at a set of plans and/or Specications that call for them and you see them missing. It's not a code inspection. Failure to comply with the Specifications of the Project Requirements.

I never call them if they're missing. I call excessive deflection if I find it, a problem which is sometimes helped by H-clips. True

If one reads the links I provided in previous post, you will see that Kenton is right in his statements. I just refined it to how I would handle it on more to the Commercial side. Other than that I would not call it out on a small house myself unless, like Kenton said, there is visible deflection.


Marcel
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