Originally Posted by
Jeff Eastman
This is a house! Not a manufacture home. Truss rafters.
You are looking at a ridge , where the air ducts are routed out.
What's wrong with the truss plates?
A truss plate is "a" type of fastener. It is not "the only" type fastener. From your picture, I see one instance where it may be properly used. That's at the top cord and a compression web. In all other cases I see, they are improperly used where another type bracket should have been used or they are improperly installed. They are supposed to be properly sized for the application. A batch of these aren't.
I realize this is a little picture of a bif space, but at first glance I'm not overly impressed with the framing. But, as my father used to say to me, "If you are so damned smart, how come you're not rich?" Do you have more pictures of the framing and or where the vents come through the roof?
I'm not a huge FEMA fan, but I thought the attached was a handy reference for when I'm on site.
http://www.flash.org/resources/files/HGCC_Fact17.pdf