Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program
CONNECTIONS
WALL PLATES FOR WOODEN BUILDINGS ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE STIFFNESS FOR THE BUILDING AND ALSO SERVE TO HOLD THE ROOF DOWN.
They are often insecurely held down by nails into the end grain of posts.
If a double plate is used, notch and nail the lower one and secure the top one well.