On Jul 8, 7:48*pm, "Phil L" wrote:
Gareth wrote:
I'm in the process of buying a house and the surveyor has said that
there is a problem with the roof: "the end trusses are not properly
secured to the walls"

How should roof trusses be fixed to walls? *Is it just a matter of
nailing/screwing in a few bits of wood?

It's a fairly ordinary house, about 18 years old with timber trusses
and cavity walls.

Thanks for any information.

Gareth.

It needs some restraining bars going in - steel bars about 2ft long and an
inch wide, full of holes - you nail one end to the truss and the long part
is affixed to the wall - it's so that a strong wind can't lift the roof off.
They take about 5 minutes to affix and cost about £3 each

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008


The roof trusses are fixed to the gable wall by L shaped straps, these
are fixed to the under side of the roof truss and the short leg is
place over the inner wall. They should be fixed to the inside of the
outer wall with fixings but I’ve only seen this done once. They are
not to stop the roof from lifting off in high wind. The one referred
to in the other posting are fixed on to the wall plate at the eave and
down the internal walls and plastered over, theses are the ones that
hold the wall plate that the trusses are fixed to at the eave.
Roll Edge Restraint Strap Bend 500 x 100mm Pack of 5 from Screw fix