Hello. Do you guys ever use the TP37 top plate ties when tying plates together? I need to tie in to the existing exterior wall plates for my addition and would have to rip up some of the roof to be able to overlap the plates by 4′ if I used conventional framing. Simpson said I could use these but I was not sure what you guys thought about them.
I guess if I needed to I could open up the roof to do the 4′ overlap but it sure would save some headaches if I used the ties.
Thanks
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They are allowed by the building codes. They work just fine.
Trying to figure out why you would have to rip some of the roof off.
Hello Joe. Joe the walls that I need to tie into are the walls supporting the rafters. I would have to remove some of the rafters to overlap the top plate by 4 feet. Am I correct or am I missing something?
We have tied about 1000 wall connections with them. So far, no house has fallen down, no wall has separated and no inspection has failed.
Also, usually within 10' of one of these connections, the plumbers cut both plates out to run their stack out through the roof. If the wall was going to fall apart, it would be at the plumbers cutout, not the wall connection.
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
That's good enough for me.
We use them whenever we have to break the double plate.... for a beam or a post or an ignorant plumber... they do what they're supposed to do.
Thanks Diesel.
I've used them, they pass inspection here too IBC.
Do NOT fill all the nail holes though or you'll have a mess of splinters.
Joe H
Code required 4 nails in each side back in MI. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
I think they have about 100 holes, look like swiss cheese.
Joe H
Yes, the plates we used had lots and lots of holes. We had one inspector that insisted that a nail be placed in every hole. We had to straighten him out on the 4 nail per side code. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
Sure hope someone’s still around for this one. I’ve never used ‘em. Do you put one on each face, sandwiching the joint?
What size for a 2”x6”?