High Wind Load Areas

REPco Industries has supplied Florida and other high wind areas with residential and commercial framing systems that have been through multiple hurricanes and survived with minimal or no damage. Flying objects are our biggest concern.

REPco designs connections from foundation to the roof ridge in shear, eliminating all pull out conditions.

NOTE:  screws passing through all members

With this design, the capacity of the connection between the exterior wall stud and the truss is as much in uplift as it is in roof load down the stud. Typical hurricane wind loads cannot possibly destroy this connection as it does with wood or steel top plate construction.

Unlike other systems, the REPco system braces all exterior studs and roof members 2’-0” O.C. to add incredible strength to the superstructure. This is similar to the techniques used to design high-speed aircraft and race cars. These bracing members increase the capacity of all the members that they brace and create a stable yet resilient structure that can resist much higher forces than other systems.