Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based on the 2018 IRC

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Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based on the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC)

This 6-page card quickly covers the construction essentials you need in loads and shear walls based on the new 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) for loads, shear walls & sheathing. Special sections focus on specific essentials for each area of framing.

Features:

LOADS & SHEAR WALLS

• Loads


• Weight of Materials


• Wind Design Criteria


• Minimum Uniformly Distributed Live Loads


• Story Height


• Seismic Provisions


• Snow Loads


• Vertical Loads


• Typical Shear Wall


• Shear Panel


• Shear Walls


• Lateral Loads

SHEAR WALLS – GENERAL

• Shear Wall Principles


• Shear Wall - Internal Strength


• Wind Force - Shear Wall Diagram


• Shear Wall Forces


• Shear Wall Failures

SHEATHING MATERIALS - PLYWOOD & ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB)

• Plywood & OSB Panels


• Plywood vs. OSB


• Plywood - Pros. & Cons.


• Oriented Strand Board (OSB) - Pros. & Cons.

FLOOR & ROOF SHEATHING

• Floor - Lumber Sheathing


• Floor - End Joints


• Floor - Wood Structural Panel Sheathing


• Floor - Particleboard


• Roof - Lumber Sheathing


• Allowable Spans and Loads for Wood Structural Panels for Roof & Subfloor Sheathing & Combination Subfloor Underlayment


• Floor Sheathing


• Roof Sheathing


• Minimum Thickness of Lumber Floor Sheathing


• Minimum Thickness of Lumber Roof Sheathing


• Allowable Spans for Sanded Plywood Combination Subfloor Underlayment

FRAMING & WALL BRACING

• Wall Components


• Fastening Schedule


• Wood Wall Framing


• Wall Bracing


• Requirements for Wood Structural Panel Wall Sheathing Used to Resist Wind Pressures


• Allowable Spans for Particleboard Wall Sheathing


• Braced Wall Line Spacing

BRACED WALL PANELS & SHEATHING

• Bracing Methods


• Braced Wall Panels (IRC R602.10.2)


• Continuous Sheathing Methods.


• Minimum Length of Braced Wall Panels


• Required Length of Bracing


• Min. Length of Braced Wall Panel


• Typical Braced Wall Line Plan


• Location of Braced Wall Panels

BRACED WALL PANEL CONNECTIONS

• Braced Wall Panel Connection When Parallel to Floor/Ceiling Framing


• Braced Wall Panel Connection When Perpendicular to Floor/Ceiling Framing


• Braced Wall Panel Connection to Perpendicular Rafters


• Ends of Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing


• Braced Wall Panel Connections


• Connections to Roof Framing


• End Conditions for Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing

Publisher: Builder's Book, Inc.1/18/2018

ISBN: 9781622701902/1622701909