Description

Pryda Connectors and Engineered Systems - Timber Connections and Straps are a range of metal plate connectors and fixings manufactured from galvanised steel or from stainless steel. For more product details, including product codes, refer to Section 10.

This Product Certificate covers the following Timber Connections and Straps:

• NZ Ceiling and Purlin Hanger 
• NZ Cyclone Strap 
• NZ FastFix™ Stud to Wall Plate Screw 
• NZ Multigrip 
• NZ Strapbrace and Maxi Strap 
• NZ Ezi Stud Tie 
• NZ Z & U Nails 

Scope

Pryda Connectors and Engineered Systems - Timber Connections and Straps are designed and manufactured for use as connectors for superstructure connections:

• NZ Ceiling and Purlin Hanger is for connecting timber members located perpendicular to the ceiling joists and are used in pairs to resist wind uplift loads. Their design capacities are dependent on the material and the number of nails used and detailed in the Reference Documents.
• NZ Cyclone Straps are to tie down roof trusses to wall frames to resist wind uplift loads with design capacities dependent on the amount of nails used and detailed in the Reference Documents meeting the requirements of NZS 3604. NZ Cyclone Straps can also be used to tie down purlins to roof trusses under Specific Engineering Design use.
• NZ FastFix™ Stud to Wall Plate Screws are used to connect wall top plates to timber studs to resist wind uplift loads with design capacities dependent on the screw length used and it being fixed through a single or double wall plate. These are detailed in the Reference Documents for Specific Engineering Design use.
• NZ Multigrips are tie-downs for timber framing members perpendicular to each other to resist gravity and wind uplift loads with design capacities for the different load orientations detailed in the Reference Documents for Specific Engineering Design use.
• NZ Strapbrace and Maxi Straps are tension devices for walls and roofs to resist wind loads with limit state design tension capacities dependent on the product used and are detailed in the Reference Documents for Specific Engineering Design use.
• NZ Ezi Stud Ties are to connect timber top and bottom plates to studs or lintels to resist wind uplift loads with a design capacity of 4.6 kN for Specific Engineering Design use.
• NZ Z & U Nails are tie downs for timber purlins to timber rafters, timber rafters to timber top plates, timber joists to timber top plates, and timber joists to timber beams to resist wind uplift loads with a fixing capacity of 4.7 kN in accordance with Table 2.2, fixing type E of NZS 3604.