Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based On The 2021 IRC

Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based on the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC)

This 6-page card quickly covers the construction essentials you need in loads and shear walls based on the new 2021 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. 2021

ISBN: 9781622709168