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Residential Construction

With decades of research and innovation in residential construction solutions, Simpson Strong-Tie offers an unparalleled selection of tested products, advanced software, and other helpful resources for designing and building residential structures.

Smart solutions for residential structures.

From single and multifamily projects, to repair, retrofit and remodel jobs, to outdoor living structures, our innovative connectors, fasteners, lateral systems and anchoring solutions are engineered to help ensure the strength and safety of every structure — while streamlining design and installation. All of our solutions are widely available through our extensive distribution network, and are backed by our technical expertise, field support and professional design services.

Outdoor Living

Deck Center

Are you looking to build a new deck, or do you simply want to ensure that your current deck is safe and code compliant? Whatever your decking needs, our Deck Center has the solutions.

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Deck, Pergola and Fence Planner Software

Discover software solutions tailored for Outdoor Living, designed to elevate and simplify your outdoor projects.

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Outdoor Accents

With Outdoor Accents, a complete line of decorative wood connectors and fasteners from Simpson Strong-Tie, you can now bring both design elegance and structural strength to your outdoor living areas.

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Strong-Tie DIY

Building something that’s extraordinary, yet attainable can create a space that helps energize the soul and provide an inspirational focal point for your outdoor space.

Repair and Retrofit

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Seismic Solutions for Raised Foundations

Learn about construction techniques that better equip homes to withstand a seismic event as well as resources and steps you can take to strengthen your homes.

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Soft-Story Retrofits for Building Resiliency

Whether you are a building owner, engineer, architect, contractor, or inspector, we have useful information to help you navigate your soft-story retrofit from the beginning stage of receiving a mandate letter to the latter stage of implementing a soft-story retrofit solution.

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Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Building Retrofit

URM buildings are generally 1-5 stories high constructed of flexible wood framed floor and roof systems, wood framed interior framing, and exterior URM walls. They were common in the 1800s and early 1900s but are now banned except in low seismic areas.

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High-Wind-Resistant Construction for Home Owners

Make your home safer, stronger and more storm resilient. Steps you can take now to strengthen your home can greatly minimize the cost of repairs after high-wind events.

Government Retrofit Funding and Resources

Find out what financial resources are available for your repair and retrofit projects.

Single and Multi-Family Construction

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High-Performance Solutions for High-Wind Forces

Learn about the critical elements of high wind-resistant construction, including information on the effects of wind, corrosion, and uplift, as well as detailed product information for construction in high-wind areas.

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Modular Building Solutions

Our tested and load-rated connectors and fasteners—like the MMHC hinged roof connector and Quik Drive^® collated drywall screws—are designed to minimize cost and maximize speed and precision, keeping your modular projects on time and on budget.

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Building Stronger Roofs

Our newest connectors have been developed to make stick-frame connections in roofs as intuitive as possible to ensure the construction of safer, stronger homes. Consider using connectors on your next site-built roof.

Pipeline and Lotspec Software

We use software to help residential builders see deeper into every element of the building process so they can better achieve operational efficiencies, cost savings and customer satisfaction.

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Fire Wall Assembly

The Simpson Strong-Tie fire wall hangers can be installed and loaded during framing—before the drywall is in place. These fire-rated hangers are designed to carry floor joist loads to a wood-stud wall through two layers of drywall.

CLT & Mass Timber

Building on a heritage of wood connection innovation, we're developing additional connector products to lend our best-in-class service, jobsite support and technical expertise to the mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction industries.

Strong Rod Systems (ATS)

Our high-performance Strong-Rod systems are designed with code-listed take-up devices for securing mid-rise, wood-framed buildings against forces caused by seismic and wind events.

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Pipeline LBM Software

Pipeline LBM is a web-based construction estimating solution for lumberyards that transforms takeoff quantities into data to drive your business. Standardize your estimating logic, automate customer and location preferences, and streamline your estimating process with Pipeline LBM to produce accurate, detailed and consistent bills of materials (BOM) for every job.