Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Re: Strong-tie

One contractor I worked with suspected/thought that enginneers were paid
by Simpson. On the positive side, the increased capacity of the A35
will decrease the number of connectors and nails.


Gordon Goodell wrote:
>
> I just received the C-2009 Simpson catalogue. There are a few goodies
> in there, like HTT4&5 holdowns, but check out page 162: the capacity
> of an A35 has been increased from 450# to 695#! There are going to be
> a lot of happy carpenters here if we ever get around to building
> anything again.
>
> Disclaimer: I do not work for or own stock in Simpson Strong-Tie,
> despite what some of my contractors like to say (their idea of a joke).
>
> regards,
>
> Gordon Goodell
>


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