Blocking At Braced Wall Panel

Each braced wall line must have at least two braced wall panels.

Blocking at braced wall panel.

Bolts hold downs special footings rebar. Special nailing and blocking special a b. Braced wall panels using continuous osb. Fastening of top and bottom wall plates to framing rim joist band joist and or blocking shall be.

R602 10 8 braced wall panel connections. 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. Fastening of top and bottom wall plates to framing rim. 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.

1 braced wall panels must be spaced no greater than 25 oc along a braced wall line and. 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. Braced wall panels shall be connected to floor framing or foundations as follows. 30 602 10 6 602 10 5 continuous osb 24 27 30 panels no mix and match no hold downs.

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. 3 each 16 o c. The cumulative length of all braced wall panels must be greater than or equal to the required. Both interior and exterior wood wall construction commonly includes layers of wood structural panels plywood or osb and or gypsum wallboard.

3 0 131 nails. Braced wall panel. Braced wall panels shall be connected to floor framing or foundations as follows. 16d box 3 1 2 0 135.

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. 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. 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.