• Suitable for use on Continuous Wall Plate and Raised Wall Plate Installations.
• Install directly onto the top block, dry bedded & spaced to provide 2kN/m lateral capacity
• Lay mortar between GPC & wall plate to allow the wall plate to be levelled.
• Fix the connector to the wall plate using 2 No 3.75x30mm square Twist Nails, or 2 No 4.0x30mm Wood Screws (SIMPSON Strong-Tie CSA4.0x30mm or equivalent)
• Fix the bottom rail of the Timber Gable Panel to the wall plate with either structural screws or nails, ensuring fasteners achieve minimum lateral capacity of 2kN/m.
• Connection details between the gable panel and wallplate are to be designed by the building designer ensuring required loads are transferred between the timber gable panel and the wallplate.
• To hold the timber gable panel down onto the supporting masonry wall either LES10B10, LTS1400E or L12F00 should be used.
• For the transfer of wind loads from the gable wall (timber gable panel and/or masonry) to the roof structure either LTS1400E or HES15B10 lateral restraint straps should be used.
• The quantity and installation centres for the GPC, lateral restraint straps and hold down straps hould be specified by the building designer or structural engineer.
• Meets the minimum requirement of Building Regulations 2010 approved document A, Scottish Building Regulations domestic, NHBC Standards for houses of 3 storeys or less - England and Wales and 2 storeys or less - Scotland.

Lateral Restraint Connectors:

• GPC:  Gable Panel Connector, and
• LTS1400E:  Vertical restraint Strap

Vertical Restraint Connectors:

• LES:  Light Engineered Hold Down Strap, or
• LTS1400E:  Vertical restraint Strap, or
• L12F00:  Flat Strap

Lateral Restraint Connectors:

• GPC:  Gable Panel Connector, and
• HES:  Horizontal Restraint Strap

Vertical Restraint Connectors:

• LES:  Light Engineered Hold Down Strap, or
• LTS1400E:  Vertical restraint Strap, or
• L12F00:  Flat Strap