A tie strap tie rod eyebar guy wire suspension cables or wire ropes are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension.
Steel tie rod roof.
The problem with the wall stemmed from a critical oversight on the part of the builder.
Tie rods bolting and clevises can be sourced to go with the steel fabrications.
It is the opposite of a strut or column which is designed to resist compression ties may be made of any tension resisting material.
We can supply and manufacture structural tension system components such as clevis ends tie bars tie rods and turnbuckles to customers specifications and finishes.
They hold the walls from bending out as the roof is loaded with wind or snow.
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Steel tie rods solve the age old problem of roof construction.
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Swc can work with customer plans or offer design assistance as.
Trusses having a more contemporary appearance may utilize steel tie rods for some members.
Rescuing a spreading roof a horizontal beam and steel tie rods resist rafter thrust with little disruption to the rest of the structure.
Other wood to wood or wood to steel connection hardware.
Our tie rod calculator will quickly determine rod lengths when given overall pin to pin dimensions of a tie rod assembly.
In age old timber frame buildings like the gothic cathedrals of the middle ages enormous stone buttresses stabilized the walls allowing for graceful arched beams to create a beautiful timber ceiling.
Swc can source these rods in a variety of diameters lengths and materials along with appropriately sized clevises to create a clean pinned connection to attachment points.
Tie rods are often used with clevises and or turnbuckles.
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One keeping the lower ends of an arch or frame from spreading.
We supply steel fabrications associated with truss and timber jobs or independently for customers having specific hardware requirements only.
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An anchor is is a metal clamp often of a fanciful design fastened on the outside of a wall to the end of a tie rod connecting it with an opposite wall to prevent bulging.
