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

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

<b>Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based on the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC)</b><p>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.<p><b>Features:<p>LOADS & SHEAR WALLS </b><ul><li>Loads</li><li>Weight of Materials</li><li>Wind Design Criteria</li><li>Minimum Uniformly Distributed Live Loads</li><li>Story Height</li><li>Seismic Provisions</li><li>Snow Loads</li><li>Vertical Loads</li><li>Typical Shear Wall </li><li>Shear Panel</li><li>Shear Walls </li><li>Lateral Loads</li></ul><b>SHEAR WALLS GENERAL</b><ul><li>Shear Wall Principles </li><li>Shear Wall - Internal Strength</li><li>Wind Force - Shear Wall Diagram</li><li>Shear Wall Forces</li><li>Shear Wall Failures</li></ul><b>SHEATHING MATERIALS - PLYWOOD & ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB)</b><ul><li>Plywood & OSB Panels</li><li>Plywood vs. OSB</li><li>Plywood - Pros. & Cons. </li><li>Oriented Strand Board (OSB) - Pros. & Cons. </li></ul><b>FLOOR & ROOF SHEATHING</b><ul><li>Floor - Lumber Sheathing</li><li>Floor - End Joints</li><li>Floor - Wood Structural Panel Sheathing</li><li>Floor - Particleboard</li><li>Roof - Lumber Sheathing</li><li>Allowable Spans and Loads for Wood Structural Panels for Roof & Subfloor Sheathing & Combination Subfloor Underlayment</li><li>Floor Sheathing</li><li>Roof Sheathing</li><li>Minimum Thickness of Lumber Floor Sheathing</li><li>Minimum Thickness of Lumber Roof Sheathing</li><li>Allowable Spans for Sanded Plywood Combination Subfloor Underlayment</li></ul><b>FRAMING & WALL BRACING</b><ul><li>Wall Components</li><li>Fastening Schedule</li><li>Wood Wall Framing</li><li>Wall Bracing</li><li>Requirements for Wood Structural Panel Wall Sheathing Used to Resist Wind Pressures</li><li>Allowable Spans for Particleboard Wall Sheathing</li><li>Braced Wall Line Spacing</li></ul><b>BRACED WALL PANELS & SHEATHING</b><ul><li>Bracing Methods</li><li>Braced Wall Panels </li><li>Continuous Sheathing Methods. </li><li>Minimum Length of Braced Wall Panels</li><li>Required Length of Bracing</li><li>Min. Length of Braced Wall Panel</li><li>Typical Braced Wall Line Plan</li><li>Location of Braced Wall Panels</li></ul><b>BRACED WALL PANEL CONNECTIONS</b><ul><li>Braced Wall Panel Connection When Parallel to Floor/Ceiling Framing</li><li>Braced Wall Panel Connection When Perpendicular to Floor/Ceiling Framing</li><li>Braced Wall Panel Connection to Perpendicular Rafters</li><li>Ends of Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing</li><li>Braced Wall Panel Connections</li><li>Connections to Roof Framing</li><li>End Conditions for Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing</li></ul>Publisher: Builder's Book, Inc.1/18/2016<br>ISBN: 9781622701902/1622701909