This 6-page card quickly covers the construction essentials you need in loads and shear walls based on the new 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) for loads, shear walls & sheathing. Special sections focus on specific essentials for each area of framing. Features: LOADS & SHEAR WALLS Shear Walls - Typical Shear Wall - Shear Panel - Lateral Loads - Design Loads - Engineered Design - Seismic Provisions - Vertical Loads - Weight of Materials - Snow Loads - Story Height LOADS & ALLOWABLE DEFLECTION Dead & Live Loads - Roof Load - Deflection - Minimum Uniformly Distributed Live Loads Table - Minimum Roof Live Loads in Pounds-Force Per Square Foot of Horizontal Projection Table - Allowable Deflection of Structural Members Table SHEAR WALLS – GENERAL Shear Wall Failures - Shear Wall Principles - Shear Wall Forces - Wind Force - Shear Wall Diagram - Shear Wall - Internal Strength FLOOR & ROOF SHEATHING Floor - Lumber Sheathing - Minimum Thickness of Lumber Floor Sheathing Table - Floor - End Joints - Floor - Wood Structural Panel Sheathing - Allowable Spans & Loads for Wood Structural Panels For Roof & Subfloor Sheathing & Combination Subfloor Underlayment Table - Allowable Spans for Sanded Plywood Combination Subfloor Underlayment Table - Floor – Particleboard - Floor Sheathing - Roof - Lumber Sheathing - Minimum Thickness of Lumber Roof Sheathing Table - Roof — Wood Structural Panel Sheathing - Roof Sheathing FRAMING & WALL BRACING Wood Wall Framing - Wall Bracing - Braced Wall Line Spacing Table - Requirements For Wood Structural Panel Wall Sheathing Used To Resist Wind Pressures Table - Allowable Spans for Particleboard Wall Sheathing Table - Fastening Schedule Table - Wall Components BRACED WALL PANELS & SHEATHING Typical Braced Wall Line Plan - Location of Braced Wall Panels - Required Length of Bracing - Minimum Length of Braced Wall Panels - Braced Wall Panels - Continuous Sheathing Methods. - Bracing Methods - Minimum Length of Braced Wall Panels Table BRACED WALL PANEL CONNECTIONS End Conditions for Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing - Ends of Braced Wall Lines with Continuous Sheathing - Braced Wall Panel Connections - Connections to Roof Framing - Braced Wall Panel Connection When Perpendicular to Floor/Ceiling Framing - Braced Wall Panel Connection When Parallel to Floor/Ceiling Framing - Braced Wall Panel Connection to Perpendicular Rafters