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WALL CONSTRUCTION
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm.
FIGURE R602.10.1.4
ANGLED WALLS
10′ MAX PANEL BRACED WALL 20′ MAX PANEL BRACED WALL 10′ MAX
BWL 3 BWL 2 BWL 1
BWL A
BRACED WALL
PANEL 10′ MAX
BWL >16′ REQUIRES MINIMUM OF 2 BRACED WALL PANELS BRACED WALL
20′ MAX BRACED WALL
PANEL
PANEL
BRACED WALL 10′ MAX
PANEL BWL B
20′ MAX 20′ MAX
NOTE: CONTINUOUS
SHEATHING METHODS
REQUIRE ALL FRAMED
PORTIONS OF THE BRACED
WALL LINE TO BE SHEATHED. PANEL BRACED WALL PANEL BRACED WALL PANEL BRACED WALL
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm.
FIGURE R602.10.2.2
LOCATION OF BRACED WALL PANELS
2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE ® 193
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