A connector plate for joining, in a biased manner, structural members of a building and including first and second plates in overlapped relationship with each plate adapted for individual securement to a structural member being joined. A tapered insert serves to impart tension to at least one of the plates so as to draw the attached structural member toward the remaining member. Supplemental tensioning members engage misaligned openings in the plates to further tension one of the plates.

A nailer device for securing abutting edges of a first and second construction panel to a support timber or top plate includes a planar member which in use of the device is disposed contiguously relative to the first panel and between the first panel and the top plate. A further planar member is rigidly secured to the planar member and is disposed perpendicularly relative thereto such that the planar and further planar members define therebetween an elongate recess for the reception therein of the top plate so that the device is supported by the top plate. The planar members also define therebetween a further elongate recess which is disposed on an opposite side of the planar member relative to the top plate such that the abutting edges of the panels are located within the further elongate recess with the second panel disposed contiguously relative to the further planar member. Also, a fastener fastens the device to the top plate.

A reusable anchor bolt template (10) and method for suspending an anchor bolt (56) into a concrete material (53) and adapted to be fastened to a single form element (54) at a top end and a bottom end of the form element (54). The preferred embodiment (10) of a reusable anchor bolt template is comprised of a form plate (11) that engages and rests upon the top portion of the form element (54). Adjustably attached to the form plate (11) is a securing strap (12) for engaging the bottom end of the form element (54), thereby securing the template (10) to the form element (54). Attached to the form plate (11) is a means for suspending an anchor bolt (56) into poured concrete (53), preferably comprising a first and second primary support elements (18, 19) attached in cantilever fashion to the form plate (11). In the preferred embodiment (10), two parallel secondary support members (27, 28) are adjustably attached at each end to the first and second primary support members (18, 19). The first and second secondary support members (27, 28) preferably support one or more support plates (42). In operation, a threaded end of an anchor bolt (56) is inserted into the support plate (42) opening from below. Then, an anchor bolt nut (57) may be threaded down upon the anchor bolt (56) such that the anchor bolt nut (57) rests upon the support plate (12). As such, the anchor bolt (56) is permitted to hang freely from the anchor bolt template (10) and into a concrete material (53).

A roof framing system consisting of an apex bracket and two bracket assemblies, each bracket assembly consisting of a rafter bracket and sill plate bracket. The apex bracket has two U-shaped sections joined by a bendable intermediate section. The U-shaped sections grasp the upper end of a pair of opposing rafters, while the bendable section accommodates the desired pitch of the roof. The rafter bracket has a U-shaped section for grasping the lower end of a rafter bracket and has two arms separated by a distance sufficient to allow a rafter to be disposed therebetween. The sill plate bracket has a right-angled section for mounting a top sill plate and has two arms separated by a distance sufficient to allow a rafter to be disposed therebetween. The sill plate bracket's arms receive and support the rafter bracket's arms, thereby allowing opposing rafters to be mounted at their lower end and subsequently to be rotated towards the apex of the roof for joining by the apex bracket.