These lateral restraint straps should also be visible coming out of the same wall, but they should be attached to the roof trusses, or the rafters of the roof using noggins between each individual rafter to provide the maximum support and "Connection" between the roof and the gable wall.
If they were not in place at both the rafter and ceiling tie then in very strong gales there is a chance of the gable wall being sucked out of the building.
Catnic and other people make them, they are a must to comply with building regs north and south of the border, especially needed up here , it gets breezy at times.
There is even a chart somewhere that details how long they must be both the bits you can see and the unseen bit in the cavity, where it should also be screw fixed to the inner face of the wall. The number and size of the screws used, this applies to the same sort of strap that is fixed top the wall plate [the bit the truss rests on at the top of the external wall, again to ensure that the roof does not take off.
If they were not in place at both the rafter and ceiling tie then in very strong gales there is a chance of the gable wall being sucked out of the building.
Catnic and other people make them, they are a must to comply with building regs north and south of the border, especially needed up here , it gets breezy at times.
There is even a chart somewhere that details how long they must be both the bits you can see and the unseen bit in the cavity, where it should also be screw fixed to the inner face of the wall. The number and size of the screws used, this applies to the same sort of strap that is fixed top the wall plate [the bit the truss rests on at the top of the external wall, again to ensure that the roof does not take off.
