An apparatus and method is provided for tying down an existing roof frame
to resist windstorm uplift forces, in which an elongate connector is
inserted slantingly upward through a hole through the roof frame,
allowing an upper end of the connector to protrude from the roof frame to
receive a head member which is detachably attached thereto in order to
prevent the roof frame from moving upward relative to the connector under
an uplift force. The lower end of the connector is secured to an
underlying wall such that the connector applies a restraining force
against wind uplift forces.