I seem to recall a tale told by the self-builders at Songdog Ranch - they built their big SB house in 1987 - about sitting inside during a big windstorm and watching a corner of the roof lift up enough to alarm the Harley-riding Californians, then settle back down... in mostly the right place.
Probably there was somebody there who was a better memory than me, like Rhine-mouth Rene, with a better recollection of the details.
Mark Piepkorn At 02:03 PM 3/30/2005, Derek Roff wrote:
In some cases, a gale-force wind (>55 kph/34 mph) can apply more lift to the roof of a building than the combined downward forces of both live and dead loads for that same roof...
From: "rikki nitzkin" <rnitzkin@hotmail...> I always thought that to build a solid, load-bearing SB house it was necessary to include a tie-down system and a roof-plate.
Mark Piepkorn
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