Shear Walls & Sheathing Lateral Loads Quick-Card Based on the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) This 6-page card quickly covers the construction essentials you need in loads and shear walls based on the new 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) for loads, shear walls & sheathing. Special sections focus on specific essentials for each area of framing. Features: LOADS & SHEAR WALLS Loads - Weight of Materials - Wind Design Criteria - Minimum Uniformly Distributed Live Loads - Story Height - Seismic Provisions - Snow Loads - Vertical Loads - Typical Shear Wall - Shear Panel - Shear Walls - Lateral Loads SHEAR WALLS GENERAL Shear Wall Principles - Shear Wall - Internal Strength - Wind Force - Shear Wall Diagram - Shear Wall Forces - Shear Wall Failures SHEATHING MATERIALS - PLYWOOD & ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB) Plywood & OSB Panels - Plywood vs. OSB - Plywood - Pros. & Cons. - Oriented Strand Board (OSB) - Pros. & Cons. FLOOR & ROOF SHEATHING Floor - Lumber Sheathing - Floor - End Joints - Floor - Wood Structural Panel Sheathing - Floor - Particleboard - Roof - Lumber Sheathing - Allowable Spans and Loads for Wood Structural Panels for Roof & Subfloor Sheathing & Combination Subfloor Underlayment - Floor Sheathing - Roof Sheathing - Minimum Thickness of Lumber Floor Sheathing - Minimum Thickness of Lumber Roof Sheathing - Allowable Spans for Sanded Plywood Combination Subfloor Underlayment FRAMING & WALL BRACING Wall Components - Fastening Schedule - Wood Wall Framing - Wall Bracing - Requirements for Wood Structural Panel Wall Sheathing Used to Resist Wind Pressures - Allowable Spans for Particleboard Wall Sheathing - Braced Wall Line Spacing BRACED WALL PANELS & SHEATHING Bracing Methods - Braced Wall Panels - Continuous Sheathing Methods. - Minimum Length of Braced Wall Panels - Required Length of Bracing - Min. Length of Braced Wall Panel - Typical Braced Wall Line Plan - Location of Braced Wall Panels BRACED WALL PANEL CONNECTIONS Braced Wall Panel Connection When Parallel to Floor/Ceiling Framing - Braced Wall Panel Connection When Perpendicular to Floor/Ceiling Framing - Braced Wall Panel Connection to Perpendicular Rafters - Ends of Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing - Braced Wall Panel Connections - Connections to Roof Framing - End Conditions for Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing Publisher: Builder's Book, Inc.1/18/2016 ISBN: 9781622701902/1622701909