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.
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.
There is a news video about it, it’s anchored to concrete and rebar 8 feet deep or something like that
yeah these look like footings to me, i see what looks to be a small concrete protuberance right out of the ground. Also these would likely just pull out of the ground if they weren’t anchored, and they wouldn’t be whips, just very odd debris.
Yeah I watched a short news clip with him in it and he said they are attached to concrete that goes 8 feet down.
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.
+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.
Someone misunderstood building code for hurricane ties.
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.
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.
did he die
They missed the 25-foot waterproof wall, for the actual damage, the storm surge…
Just put down some moisture absorbers, it’ll be fine.
Just stick it in some rice. Good as new.
my meemaw told me she dried out her whole basement with puppy pads and hydrocortisone cream.
what’s that? yes…she did die of a lung infection. how’d you know?
slaps tightened straps “That’s not going anywhere”
Those are the magical words that make it happen. The straps are just for show.
Cope rope
That ain’t going anywhere.
At least until Milton casually tosses a tree at it.
I appreciate your optimism by using the singular…
I saw the documentary once. The order is Tree, Cow, Tractor, and finally another House.
You forgot fuel truck
Dang it. I always forget one.
Ha! I thought that sounded like a “Twister” movie reference.
Isn’t that the tornado safety video everyone got in high school?
- plucks ratchet strap as it’s tightening - “Bb…B, C…Db, D, D, D…Yeah’p. At’ll git er.”
until the ground it’s anchored to is converted into grassy diarrhea by the flooding
Concrete blocks 8ft into the ground
pats the front door with my hands
ok so. This isn’t going to stop a tree, or a large rock from flying through the side of you wall, but if you home isn’t mounted to the foundation (common in old homes) or very well mounted, or just not very wind load capable, this could actually be beneficial.
You could still experience “wall buckling” but since the roof is relatively secured, you’re acting from a separate point of leverage. Which is essentially going to be in the middle of the wall, rather than at the top of the wall.
This is all assuming that these anchor points are as strong or stronger than the straps and mounting hardware. And the fact that your home doesn’t disintegrate between the staps.
I hate that my first thought is insurance will use this as a way to avoid paying out
I don’t know if this stupid or genius. Now I’m curious.
Uploaded 3 hours ago!
I seriously want to know how it goes with his house. I give him props for trying.This is like congratulating Don Quixote for killing all the dragons.
It’s congratulating Don Quixote for trying to preserve chivalric code, no matter how misguided it may be, with the result being better than what you’d think at first glance.
Cervantes actually didn’t like the concept of chivalry and was considering a “companion” novel where he depicts chivalry as it really was. It’s pretty unfortunate that he never wrote it because I’m sure it would have been a classic.
No duct tape. 2/10. Would not trust.
in fairness, they did slap the roof and said “yehp, that’s not going anywhere.”
we’re not entirely sure of when the incantation was first made, but the magic behind it is still juuuust strong enough to do the trick.
Fair enough.
