Standard Strap Straight 900mm

A standard strap is used to tie down timber wall plates to block. Straps are manufactured to provide vertical restraint against wind pressure and uplift forces. The straps are manufactured from pre-Galvanised steel strips to BS EN 10327 : 2004, DX51D + Z275 or stainless steel to BS EN 10088-1 : 1995 : 1.4301.

Hole diameters are 4mm and they are holed at 12.5mm grouped in threes, diagonally across the width of the strap.

• Material: Galvanised Steel
• Length: 900 mm
• Standard Nominal Size: 30 mm x 2.5 mm

• Anchorage of gable end to roof structure
• Fixing to wall plate and wall with one bend
• Floor level straps notched into parallel joist
• Floor level straps 150 x 650mm long once bent and once twisted fixed to perpendicular joists

• Gaps between masonry and adjacent joists must be packed
• Turn down of the strap must be in contact with the masonry