Tie down for building structures

A tie down assembly for a building having a floor structure spaced from the ground and a roof structure including rafters spaced above the floor structure, said tie down assembly comprising:

• an anchor for mounting in the ground beneath the building structure;
• an elongated tie down rod assembly for mounting in an upright attitude and for extending through the floor structure to the roof structure and connected at its lower end to said anchor;
• roof connecting means connected in the upper end of said tie down rod assembly and for connection to the roof structure;
• a floor connector coupled to said tie down rod assembly for positioning over and engaging and holding down the floor structure;
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• whereby the tie down assembly is adapted to resist upward movements of the floor structure and the roof structure of the building.

A tie down assembly for a building having a floor structure suspended above the ground and a roof structure suspended over the floor structure, said tie down assembly comprising:

• anchor means for mounting in the ground beneath the floor structure;
• a tie down rod assembly including tie rod means for mounting in an upright attitude having a lower end portion connected to said anchor means and for extending upwardly through said floor structure;
• a hold down block mounted to said tie rod means for positioning above and for engaging with the floor structure to hold the floor structure down against lifting forces;
• a roof connector for connection to the roof structure, said roof connector being attached to the upper portion of said tie rod assembly to hold the roof structure down against lifting forces;
• lower bolt means attached to said tie rod means for positioning below and adapted to engage the floor structure;
• Upper bolt means attached to said tie rod means for positioning below and adapted to engage the roof structure;
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• whereby the tie rod assembly is adapted to resist vertical movements of the floor structure and the roof structure of the building.