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FORTIFIED Animation: Hurricane & HWH - Gables

Publication Date

August, 2015

Video showing how to install gables properly to ensure a secure roof frame per IBHS FORTIFIED Home standards.

Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Michael in Florida: Building Performance Observations Recommendations and Technical Guidance, FEMA P-2077

Author(s)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Organization(s)

FEMA

Publication Date

February, 2020

FEMA Mitigation Assessment Team Report describing damages from Hurricane Michael in Florida in Oct. 2018 and recommendations for future hurricane preparedness.

Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast: Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Building Performance Observations Recommendations and Technical Guidance, FEMA 549

Author(s)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Organization(s)

FEMA

Publication Date

July, 2006

Guide discussing observations, recommendations, and technical guidance as a result of Hurricane Katrina

Wrong – This gable end wall failed because connectors were missing at points of support (blue circles) and the outlookers were not connected to the end truss (yellow circle)

Publication Date

Sat, 02/01/2020 - 12:00

Wrong – This roof structure failed due to inadequate bracing

Publication Date

Tue, 12/01/1992 - 12:00

Wrong – The roof sheathing was inadequately fastened and gave way causing the gable end wall to fail

Publication Date

Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00

Wrong – This house under construction is lacking wall to truss bracing and the bottom chord of the scissor trusses is several feet above the top of the end wall top plate

Publication Date

Sat, 07/01/2006 - 12:00

Lateral Bracing in Gable End Walls

Guide describing how to brace gable end walls to resist wind pressures.

Right - Installation steps for the L-bent strap method of bracing a gable end wall

Publication Date

Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:00

Right – An existing gable wall is reinforced with horizontal braces that butt up to the gable end wall and connect back to multiple trusses; retrofit studs make full contact with the wall and the compression blocks and are connected to the horizontal brac

Publication Date

Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:00

Right – Horizontal bracing is added to strengthen the gable end wall

Publication Date

Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:00

What Type of Connection is Critical in Creating a Continuous Path Differing Loads?

Publication Date

May, 2014

Video demonstrating how all connections are critical in creating a continuous path for loads acting on a building (from the exhibition Designing for Disaster at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.© National Building Museum (2014))