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WALL CONSTRUCTION
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm.
FIGURE R602.10.6.1
METHOD ABW—ALTERNATE BRACED WALL PANEL
EXTENT OF HEADER WITH DOUBLE PORTAL FRAMES (TWO BRACED WALL PANELS)
EXTENT OF HEADER WITH SINGLE PORTAL FRAME
(ONE BRACED WALL PANEL)
2′-18′ FINISHED WIDTH OF OPENING FASTEN KING STUD
FOR SINGLE OR DOUBLE PORTAL TO HEADER WITH 6
16D SINKERS
TENSION STRAP PER
PONY WALL TABLE R602.10.6.4 (ON
HEIGHT OPPOSITE SIDE OF
SHEATHING)
MIN. 3″x11¼″ NET HEADER STEEL HEADER PROHIBITED
IF ½″ SPACER IS USED, PLACE ON BACK-SIDE OF HEADER IF NEEDED, PANEL FASTEN TOP
12′ MAX. TOTAL WALL HEIGHT 10′ MAX. HEIGHT PATTERN AS SHOWN BLOCKING WITHIN THE HEADER WITH
SPLICE EDGES SHALL
FASTEN SHEATHING TO HEADER WITH 8D
OCCUR OVER AND BE
COMMON OR GALVANIZED BOX NAILS IN 3″ GRID
NAILED TO COMMON
PLATE TO
MIDDLE 24″ OF THE
TWO
HEADER TO JACK-STUD STRAP PER TABLE
PORTAL-LEG HEIGHT.
ROWS OF 16D
R602.10.6.4 ON BOTH SIDES OF OPENING
ONE ROW OF 3″ O.C.
SINKER NAILS AT
OPPOSITE SIDE OF SHEATHING
3″ O.C. TYP.
NAILING IS REQUIRED
IN EACH PANEL EDGE.
MIN. DOUBLE 2x4 FRAMING COVERED WITH MIN.
3 /8″ THICK WOOD STRUCTURAL PANEL SHEATHING
STRUCTURAL
WITH 8D COMMON OR GALVANIZED BOX NAILS AT
FRAME CONSTRUCTION
PANEL
3″ O.C. IN ALL FRAMING (STUDS, BLOCKING, AND
SHEATHING
SILLS) TYP. TYPICAL PORTAL MIN. 3 /8″ WOOD
MIN. DOUBLE 2x4 POST
MIN. LENGTH OF PANEL PER TABLE R602.10.5 (KING AND JACK STUD).
NUMBER OF JACK STUDS
MIN. (2) 3500 LB STRAP-TYPE HOLD-DOWNS PER TABLES R602.7(1) &
(2).
(EMBEDDED INTO CONCRETE AND NAILED INTO
FRAMING)
MIN. REINFORCING OF FOUNDATION, ONE #4 BAR MIN. 1000 LB. HOLD-DOWN
TOP AND BOTTOM OF FOOTING. LAP BARS 15″ DEVICE (EMBEDDED INTO
MIN.
CONCRETE AND NAILED
INTO FRAMING).
MIN. FOOTING SIZE UNDER OPENING IS 12″x12″. A TURNED-
DOWN SLAB SHALL BE PERMITTED AT DOOR OPENINGS.
MIN. (1) 5 /8″ DIAMETER ANCHOR BOLT INSTALLED PER
SECTION R403.1.6 - WITH 2″x 2″ x 3 /16″ PLATE WASHER
FRONT ELEVATION SECTION
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm.
FIGURE R602.10.6.2
METHOD PFH—PORTAL FRAME WITH HOLD-DOWNS
2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE ® 207
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