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Posted by Dioclese on June 30, 2009, 7:03 am
Always refer to your local code as minimum standard.
If IRC based code, have a look here:
http://www.bssconline.org/Homebuilders_Guide/AppendixB.pdf
You can incorporate methods 1 and 2 here. Nothing says you cannot.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/phrc/Publications/BB1007WallBracingPart2.pdf
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Dave
> Great info guys! Thanks. I'm building out of pocket and am planning on
> growing old and dying in this one. This will be my 5th - from scratch
> homestead and since I'm pushing 60, I think this should be the last one.
> I guess they figure we are over due for a big subduction quake in the 8 or
> even 9 catagory.
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> Robert Olin
> Bob's Water & Septic LLC
> jolin@whidbey.net
> http://soilsandseptic.com/bobs.html
>> Hello Robert,
>> If you are owner builder and working off your own plans and have no
>> engineer I assume you want to do a top notch job.
>> This would be a "Top Notch" Job:
>> I would double up on all layout studs.......That is every 4 ' put a
>> double 2x.
>> Some put in a 4x.
>> I nail all nails on a perimiter @ 6"
>> (block all perimeter nailing not on a plate)
>> Field nails can be placed @ 8"
>> Nail size can be 8's box nails.......
>> If using a nail gun no penetration of ply skin permitted.
>> (use full head nails)
>> Now, if you want to get extra credit:
>> Some use common 8s and or 10s: This is usually specified by engineer.
>> Another extra credit would be using PHD2's or PHD5's They do get larger.
>> I always place these on a double stud or 4x and on door header double
>> kings and or either side of window double kings openings and or in or
>> within 2 ft. of corners......
>> On some special applications we have used a 12" centers for nailing
>> giving the ply more holding power.
>> Also, the spacing of your anchor bolts are important aspect...
>> Using a 5/8 " HDG AB with a 3" bearing plate.....square HDG @ 4' o.c. and
>> at least 12" max from ends of plate.
>> I am not an engineer but a builder.
>> jloomisconstruction and concrete
>>>I will be framing my own house and haven't framed anything by code in
>>>over a decade. I can see that I'm in seismic zone D. Question:
>>> If a wall section is to be counted as a braced section, and it is a 4x8
>>> piece of 1/2" osb nailed to studs - does it have to have a whole stud on
>>> each side instead of 1/2 of a stud to nail to? Also - I understand
>>> that nails are to be 6" on center. Is that just on the edges of the
>>> osb?
>>> Thanks,
>>> RO
>>> --
>>> Robert Olin
>>> Bob's Water & Septic LLC
>>> jolin@whidbey.net
>>> http://soilsandseptic.com/bobs.html
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> growing old and dying in this one. This will be my 5th - from scratch
> homestead and since I'm pushing 60, I think this should be the last one.
> I guess they figure we are over due for a big subduction quake in the 8 or
> even 9 catagory.
> --
> Robert Olin
> Bob's Water & Septic LLC
> jolin@whidbey.net
> http://soilsandseptic.com/bobs.html