Anchor system for completed structures

In an existing completed permanent frame structure having a foundation, walls formed of a plurality of studs having a top plate thereacross and having door and window openings therein, and a sloped roof covered by a plurality of rows of shingles and supported by opposite sloped end rafters and a plurality of intermediate sloped rafters and horizontal joists, an external anchoring system for securing the roof to the walls of the structure, comprising:

• a plurality of unitary externally installed roof securing straps;
• each of said externally installed roof securing straps has a width substantially equal to a wall stud and includes a right angle bend therein and a plurality of fasteners providing securing means for the installation of said straps to the studs and the joists, and
• each of said straps includes an extension having a bend therein which is complementary to the rafter slope, and means for securing said each of said straps to the sloped rafters corresponding to each of the joists and each of the wall studs;
• whereby
• said straps are externally installed to each of the walls studs and to each corresponding joist adjacent the top plate and each of the sloped rafters by means of said fasteners, thereby securing each of the wall studs to each corresponding joists and the sloped rafters;
• and
• said roof securing straps are installed externally to the structure and without removing any of the frame structure to secure the structure against damage to the roof and walls due to the storms and the high winds.