"The hurricane straps are very beneficial for the joint between the roof and the wall, but we can't ignore all the other connections that go into tension," said Michael Janotta, Barrie's chief building official. In May, the City of Barrie submitted what it calls a robust proposal to the province recommending changes, including hurricane straps and other joints within the wall down to the foundation. Researchers take pictures of damaged homes with "poor construction quality" in Barrie, Ont. Jafter an EF-3 tornado passed through Barrie, Ont.
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"When you have the uplift, you have to hold (the roof) down, and our building code isn't great for that, and we can do a few relatively simple things to improve that," said Gregory Kopp, lead researcher with the Northern Tornadoes Project.Ī damaged home on Sat. The devastation by the EF-2 tornado renewed calls to strengthen Ontario's building code. The decision follows the aftermath of the twister, which had wind speeds clocking in at 210 kilometres per hour, damaging upwards of 200 homes with roughly 20 roofs ripped away. "What the clips do is they actually mechanically fasten it to the load-barring walls keeping the structure from lifting up." "When pressure increases inside the attic, the roof wants to lift," noted Tony Taurasi, StateView Homes' director of construction.
The move is a first for StateView Homes, which said the small metal bracket would help its builds better withstand severe wind. Natalie Harris and we brought it back to our construction team, sat down and talked about it and thought it was a good investment for our properties moving forward," said Nicole Sampogna, director of planning and development with StateView Homes. "It was initially a discussion we had with Counc.
The builder of two proposed developments in Barrie plans to include hurricane straps in its homes following the devastation of last year's tornado.
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