Why are Hurricane Straps a Necessity?
Wind-Resistant Security: Hurricane straps are your roof’s armor against gale-force winds, reducing the risk of roof uplift during hurricanes.
Safety First: By keeping the structure intact, these straps significantly reduce potential injury or loss of life during severe weather events.
Potential Insurance Benefits: Many insurance companies recognize the value of hurricane straps and may offer premium reductions for homes and buildings that incorporate them.
Preservation of Property Value: Minimizing damage during storms can protect and potentially increase your property’s resale value.
Peace of Mind: Knowing your building is equipped to face the wrath of nature can provide invaluable tranquility.
Safety First: By keeping the structure intact, these straps significantly reduce potential injury or loss of life during severe weather events.
Potential Insurance Benefits: Many insurance companies recognize the value of hurricane straps and may offer premium reductions for homes and buildings that incorporate them.
Preservation of Property Value: Minimizing damage during storms can protect and potentially increase your property’s resale value.
Peace of Mind: Knowing your building is equipped to face the wrath of nature can provide invaluable tranquility.
Why Trust BRC West Indies Ltd. for Your Hurricane Straps?
✓ Superior Craftsmanship: At BRC, we use only the best materials and engineering techniques to ensure our hurricane straps offer maximum strength and durability.
✓ Compliance & Standards: Our hurricane straps meet and exceed local building codes, ensuring you’re always in line with safety regulations.
✓ Tailored Solutions: Every building is different, and BRC understands that. We offer a range of strap designs to cater to varied structural needs.
✓ Unparalleled Expertise: With a rich history in the industry, our team has the experience and know-how to guide you through the best protection solutions for your property.
✓ Commitment to Excellence: Our dedication doesn’t end at the sale. BRC’s after-sales service ensures you’re fully satisfied with your investment.
✓ Compliance & Standards: Our hurricane straps meet and exceed local building codes, ensuring you’re always in line with safety regulations.
✓ Tailored Solutions: Every building is different, and BRC understands that. We offer a range of strap designs to cater to varied structural needs.
✓ Unparalleled Expertise: With a rich history in the industry, our team has the experience and know-how to guide you through the best protection solutions for your property.
✓ Commitment to Excellence: Our dedication doesn’t end at the sale. BRC’s after-sales service ensures you’re fully satisfied with your investment.
Hurricane Straps – Timber Connectors
BRC Hurricane straps offer the best way to add strength to your roof as protection against severe weather. For a minimal cost, you can tie beams, purlins, wall and floor plates, rafters and studs into one solid, cohesive structure…and rest easy when the winds come.
Rafter Connector 90° & 135°
These may be used to connect the ends of rafters to sides of ridge boards. When bent at angles other than right angles they may be used to connect the ends of orthogonal rafters to hip rafters in hipped-roof construction.
Rafter/Purlin Clip
As the name implies, these are used to connect purlins/battens to the main supporting rafters in roof construction. They may be used either singly or doubly at each rafter/purlin crossover. These may also be used to connect the ends of rafters to timber wall plates. Between one and four clips may be used per junction, depending on the uplift force.
Multi-Purpose Strap
As the name suggests, these items have many uses. They may be used to hold down lightweight buildings onto their foundations; to connect timber stud walls to sill plates; to connect upper storeys to lower storeys in timber construction; and to supplement dedicated roof-member connections. Multipurpose Straps are available in two sizes 18” x 1” and 24” x 1-1/2”
Mending Plate
These are used at supported splice junctions. They are not recommended for use at unsupported joints where it is necessary to transfer direct loads and significant bending moments. Their appropriate use is as an economical connector where the loads or moments to be transferred are much less than the potential capacities of the connected members.
Truss Anchor
These are used where roof trusses or main rafters are supported by concrete belt beams (also known as ring beams). The Truss Anchors are cast in the ring beams and bent over the rafter and fastened on both sides.
Moment Connector
These are used in pairs at butt junctions in beams where it is necessary to transfer significant bending moments.
Twist Tie
Twist Ties provide a tension connection between two wood members. They resist uplift at the heel of a truss economically.
Purlin Brace
For applications where the rafters are covered with T111 plywood or close board decking Purlin Braces are used to fasten the purlins/battens through the decking to the rafter. One brace is used at every rafter/purlin crossover.
Note: Designed for use with 2” x 3” purlins only.
Note: Designed for use with 2” x 3” purlins only.
