Could a stronger roof-to-wall connection lower your insurance costs? Florida’s revised OIR-B1-1802 form now recognizes certain performance-based retrofit solutions for wind mitigation credits. Learn how proper installation, documentation, and Simpson Strong-Tie retrofit solutions can help improve resilience and qualify for savings.
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Understanding Post Cap Lateral Capacities
Why do our light-duty BC post caps have published allowable lateral loads while our strong, heavy-gauge CCQ column caps do not?
Because with great power comes great responsibility. Or, in the world of post caps: With great capacity comes more responsibility.
Field-Adjustable Sloped and Skewed Hangers — Introducing New LSSR Sizes
With the recent introduction of our new LSSR rafter hangers for 2x lumber, we thought we’d provide some background on how these new hangers were developed and why.