The problem is almost never that the wind it blowing, its what the wind is blowing.
Hurricanes rip poorly built roofs off all the time. Builders get lazy and install the hurricane anchor things wrong. At least the local home inspector on Reddit used to say
Ron White, is that you!?
They call me… Tater-Salad.
If your ass gets hit by a Volvo…
it’s* what the wind is blowing.
As long as someone is shredding death metal guitar on the roof throughout the storm, I approve.
Technically you’re not allowed to have a storm before there’s a dude shredding death metal on a rooftop.
slaps tightened straps “That’s not going anywhere”
Those are the magical words that make it happen. The straps are just for show.
Worth a try. If it does not work, it did not cost a fortune, if it does, good for the owner.
Unless there’s a footing these straps are being anchored to that I’m not seeing, I doubt it’ll do very much besides potentially acting as very dangerous whips.
You’d be surprized how strong an industrial screwed-in ground anchor holds. And it has to be anchored at the correct angle towards the load.
So, most likely, they will not just rip out, and they have a good chance to add a significant force holding down that roof.
If done properly, of course.
If the roof doesn’t crack from the added pressure points.
There seems to be an extra bar/pole at the top to distribute the load, though.
I’ve seen these deck strap things that you push way down into the ground and as you pull them up a little the flatten out and turn sideways. Really easy to install and harder than hell to pull out. I think it’s called an earth anchor maybe. I bet that’s what he used here.
With all these experts in the comments, I now want the original sauce and to follow up to see what actually will happen.
YouTube recommended a video of this to me yesterday. The straps are anchored with cement. Seems like it buys him X additional mph of wind speed compared to his neighbors. We’ll see if the winds are in that “more than a regular roof can handle but less than the straps can hold” range.
Yyy, I’ve heard all the theoretical arguments. I now want to witness the experiment live. Or on camera.
pats roof
That ain’t going nowhere
Holy shit all this time I thought The Picard Maneuver was an entire sub and thanks to that meme earlier I see you’re an actual person. Finally clued in…
Good stuff too!
Also this seems like an idea worth trying. Cheap, maybe might work? Idk. I’m not inside hurricanes ever.
Haha, yep - I’m just a guy.
a legend more like
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That’s amazing
I thought the same thing for awhile!
I hate that my first thought is insurance will use this as a way to avoid paying out
It’s not helping, but somehow I like the look of it.
Cope rope
I love that the straps are parallel to the trusses. only thing better would be watching those straps cut through the shingles, underlayment, and sheeting like cheese once winds hit 188mph.
Optimistic
I don’t know if this stupid or genius. Now I’m curious.
+10 for holding the roof on the house
+5 for holding the house on the foundation
-7 for creating a large strong web effectively doubling the surface area where flying things can destroy your house.
Checkmate, nature.
