I think there are plenty on here asking for advice who don't know right from wrong. If you mention bad building practice they might think it is acceptable. What sort of builder fixes these straps over the membrane and has to puncture it to drop the end down the cavity - crazy.No one said it was correct... I think there are plenty on here that know right from wrong
depends ,if there aren't anyPlenty of gable ends of old houses fallen down around Lancashire when the ties have failed.- do you know why the ties failed, or if they actually had ties installed just asking, not suggesting anything.
But I dough't you will have any issues being so new.
Why do you now think it doesn't matter if there aren't any Pack between the last truss and the gable wall and install fixing straps screwed to the longitudinal bracing boards (assuming there are some ) and plugging and screwing the straps with a decent turn down into the inner leaf of blockwork will be better than nothing.it doesn't matter enough to bother retrofitting them and c) retrofitting them so that they're effective is going to be difficult. So I'm going to leave it as it is.
You are as well fixing a batten down the wall too. That's how I'd retro' fix a restraint strap.
That method is fine as long as there's not too much collateral damage . The masonry is very fragile up there.If you're willing to fit one under
Can you elaborate.... I need to do a couple of these in three weeks time and was planning on removing a brick just under the rafter and then getting the tail of the strap into the cavity and rotating it down into the cavity before the re-fitting the brick.
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