Who can install hurricane clips?

This a very common question that is often not correctly answered. Often times, a roofing contractor will claim to be able retrofit a home when the roof is being replaced, and that is not correct. The Building Officials Association of Florida has issued guidance on this in the past and you can see the informal interpretation report by following the link: Interpretation Link

So, who CAN install hurricane clips? The correct and only answer is, “a Division I contractor,” which is a general, building, or residential contractor. Those contractors will have a license that begins with the letters: CGC (Certified General Contractor), CBC (Certified Building Contractor) or CRC (Certified Residential Contractor). This can be found by reviewing the Florida Statutes CH 489 CONTRACTING  Statutes & Constitution

Section 489.113 Qualifications for practice; restrictions (3) (a) A general, building, or residential contractor, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be responsible for any construction or alteration of a structural component of a building or structure,

489.105 Definitions.—As used in this part (15) “Structural component” means any vertical or horizontal load-bearing member of a structure which supports dead or live loads in addition to its own weight and includes, but is not limited to, a foundation, an exterior or interior load-bearing wall, a column, a column beam, a floor, and a roof structure.

I have seen it personally, as well as heard many stories, of homeowners paying a lot of money for hurricane clips or straps to be installed by parties that are not properly licensed. The vast majority of the time the end result is not what the homeowner wanted or expected due to the wrong product being used or the correct product being installed incorrectly. DO NOT TAKE A CHANCE on your insurance company rejecting any wind mitigation retrofitting because you used an unlicensed contractor who did not properly pull permits. Documentation is VERY IMPORTANT!

MPC of Tallahassee, LLC is a Certified Building Contractor, CBC1266349, that specializes in hurricane clip and other FBC approved RTW connectors installations. We are active and current with all of the building departments in Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson, Madison and Wakulla counties. We also service the neighboring counties of Calhoun, Franklin, Jackson, Liberty, or Taylor counties and could be registered and ready to pull permits in just a day or two’s time.   If you’re close to our area, but not in the counties mentioned, we may travel a little outside of our normal area on a case-by-case basis, so feel free to reach out to see if we can find a way to help out!

A recent copy of the Florida’s DBPR issued state certified building contractor license for MPC of Tallahassee. Any contractor who installs hurricane clips should be able to provide a similar license.