{"id":1286,"date":"2020-08-19T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:18:54","slug":"structural-bracing-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/structural-bracing-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Bracing Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last few days I&#8217;ve gotten the first strap on the rafters providing structural bracing in lieu of the sheathing that would traditionally be attached there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Temporary-board-used-for-leverage-to-tension-the-structural-strap-scaled.jpeg\" title=\"Temporary board used for leverage to tension the structural strap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Temporary-board-used-for-leverage-to-tension-the-structural-strap-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Temporary-board-used-for-leverage-to-tension-the-structural-strap-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Temporary-board-used-for-leverage-to-tension-the-structural-strap-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Temporary-board-used-for-leverage-to-tension-the-structural-strap-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I used screws on the lever board to make it easy to remove. The strap is otherwise attached with special structural nails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I cut a 25 ft length of strapping and placed it over the rafters. I attached it on the top plate side. Then i attached a board to the other end to use as a lever to tension the strap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-gauge-steel-structural-strap-on-top-of-rafters-scaled.jpeg\" title=\"14 gauge steel structural strap on top of rafters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-gauge-steel-structural-strap-on-top-of-rafters-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-gauge-steel-structural-strap-on-top-of-rafters-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-gauge-steel-structural-strap-on-top-of-rafters-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-gauge-steel-structural-strap-on-top-of-rafters-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The 14 gauge strap is so thick I had to use a reciprocating saw with a metal blade to cut it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By pulling the lever I was able to get the strap tight enough and then nailed it into place, attaching it to each rafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/First-structural-strap-attached-scaled.jpeg\" title=\"First structural strap attached\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/First-structural-strap-attached-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/First-structural-strap-attached-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/First-structural-strap-attached-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/First-structural-strap-attached-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>This strap is one of eight, but the building already felt significantly stiffer after attaching it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also finally tidied up the last bit of insulation in the roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days I&#8217;ve gotten the first strap on the rafters providing structural bracing in lieu of the sheathing that would traditionally be attached there. I cut a 25 ft length of strapping and placed it over the rafters. I attached it on the top plate side. Then i attached a board to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}