Wind Mit Scenerio #7

[Robert R. Hanson]

I had just came into the same situation, I asked the home owner who the builder was and she said they were bought out by another company. Well her house was still under the 10 yr structual warranty, so I had her call the company and they came out and restrapped about 20 trusses due to they layed out the lintel wrong and missed the trusses by 12", Thankfully for her it was only in her garage. She was very happy that I pointed that out to her and that I suggested that she go back to the buider. The whole process took only two weeks to be complete and then I completed her form

[Dennis J. Bonner]

i would call those f***ed up double wraps!

[jnieblas]

This is fine, Only In Hialeah...

[Douglas W. Mudge]

I do not think you can give credit for anything there. I am also wondering why the county inspector did not see it during a framing inspection. The way it is now their is no uplift resistance.

[Mark S. Tyson]

Originally Posted by jmurray4

What is it?

Clips, Single Wraps, or Double Wraps?

Pictures like that piss me off where was the builders supervisor or the building inspector and the home owner is going to pay the price in higher insurance premiums and probable failure of the buiding envelope during a storm event.
You have no choice but to mark it as other include a picture and let the underwritter decide.
Then send the picture to the building department and ask what they are getting paid for. LOL

[dquigley]

Most inspectors use a mirror on a pole and only check a few strap locations when they should be checking all. Its easy to miss a strap like this when using a mirror because they see the portion of the strap that is up aginst the truss with nails and move on. The GC that allows this to go unrepaired is one that I would like to see repremanded. Just because the inspector missed it doesn't mean the GC is off the hook. I never counted on Bldg Officials to find all code violations, as I felt this was my job to protect against liabilty claims and offer the best product that I could.