Blocking At Braced Wall Panel

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Blocking at braced wall panel.

3 each 16 o c. Where joists are perpendicular to a braced wall panel above or below a rim joist band joist or blocking shall be provided along the entire length of the braced wall panel in accordance with figure r602 10 8 1. Special nailing and blocking special a b. The international codes i codes are the widely accepted comprehensive set of model codes used in the us and abroad to help ensure the engineering of safe sustainable affordable and resilient structures.

Where joists are perpendicular to a braced wall panel above or below a rim joist band joist or blocking shall be provided along the entire length of the braced wall panel in accordance with figure r602 10 8 1. The international code council icc is a non profit organization dedicated to developing model codes and standards used in the design build and compliance process. Fastening of top and bottom wall plates to framing rim joist band joist and or blocking shall be. Bottom plate to joist rim joist band joist or blocking at braced wall panel 3 16d box 3 1 2 0 135.

Both interior and exterior wood wall construction commonly includes layers of wood structural panels plywood or osb and or gypsum wallboard. A new provision in the 2009 irc and carried through to more recent versions is the use of blocking panels between roof trusses to connect the trusses to the braced wall panels below if the heel height is greater than 9 for trusses with heel heights less than 15 this blocking can be made of solid sawn dimensional lumber as shown in figure 1a. Braced wall panels using continuous osb. R602 10 8 braced wall panel connections.

3 0 131 nails. 1 braced wall panels must be spaced no greater than 25 oc along a braced wall line and. Braced wall panels shall be connected to floor framing or foundations as follows. The cumulative length of all braced wall panels must be greater than or equal to the required.

Each braced wall line must have at least two braced wall panels. Fastening of top and bottom wall plates to framing rim. Braced wall panel location r602 10 1 in addition to being used to meet minimum bracing amounts the location of braced wall panels on braced wall lines must meet the additional constraints see figure 4. However this doesn t necessarily mean that solid wood blocking between the studs is required at these spacings in order to consider the studs adequately braced in their weak axis.

Bottom plate to joist rim joist band joist or blocking not at braced wall panels 16d common 3 1 2 0 162 16 o c. Roof wall and joist blocking can be drawn manually. However braced wall lines 16 feet long or less are permitted to have one braced wall panel provided it is at least 48 inches long. 16d box 3 1 2 0 135.