The house will be in the mountains. Although there can be 80 mph winds, this is not hurricane or tornado territory. The timber frame structure will be 23' tall. The predominant wind is from the west (coming from the mountain range) and the house projects a 48' face in the wind direction.
My main objective is to prevent the frame from shifting. I'm leaning towards just tying down each post and be done with it. But is the HTT22 an efficient design? This is Simposon's Heavy Duty Tenstion Tie, and a common strap specified in seismic (Los Angeles) and hurricane (Florida) areas.
