You might be a redneck if you use Acme Hurricane Hold Downs
You might be a redneck if you use Acme Hurricane Hold Downs
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What do you think - will this help keep the roof on?
Seems like the keys to this are the positioning of the straps (near the edges/corners) and the capacity of the screw-in ground anchors.
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RE: You might be a redneck if you use Acme Hurricane Hold Downs
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Ron: You keeping out of the winds and rain?
Dik
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OTOH, sometimes it doesn't matter much how sturdy things are:
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When the time comes to use them, fly a "string" over the house with a drone to pull the straps into place.
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All joking aside, hurricane Irma has devastated a large portion of the Caribbean in particular St. Maarten (which I read about all of the time). I have been fortunate enough to visit the airport a few times on my way to St. Barthelemy which was also battered by the same hurricane. I can't comment on the construction methods used in St Maarten and I have never ventured out of the airport however, I was always impressed with the construction methods I observed during my stays in St. Barthelemy. All of the houses (which are newer) are poured in place reinforced concrete with hip style roofs (constructed using full 2x6/2x8 at 2'-0" o.c., wood planks and screw down metal roofing). Construction heights are limited to 3 stories or less (more for aesthetics) and every house has had hurricane shutters.
Attached is a picture of the main town of Gustavia which was taken just after the hurricane. The picture isn't of great quality and taken from a far distance, but there really isn't much damage that can be observed. Certainly not the damage that you would expect from a 185mph wind storm.
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If you want to see a few more pictures you can to this website:
https://www.sbhonline.com/hurrican-irma-photos/
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What Irma didn't take out, the next one might.
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