In this guide minimum required bracing amounts have been tabulated based on braced wall lines spaced apart by 35 up to a maximum 50 as permitted by the irc.
Apa fully sheeted wall.
Narrow bracing options for a fully sheathed home because fully sheathing a home with plywood or osb creates a rigid shell structure the apa narrow wall bracing method and the continuously sheathed method referenced in section r602 10 5 of the irc solve the problem of meeting code requirements while permitting narrow walls.
Meet code requirements and simplify fastening of siding and trim to plywood or osb.
Irc fully sheathed if a building is fully sheathed with plywood or osb the irc allows a reduction in the total area devoted to braced wall panels.
Fully open wall cavities for fast easy and full insulation reduces or eliminates nail pops and cracking caused by racking because tallwall sheathing makes the wall stronger and stiffer than using 4x8s no special tools or installation skills required meets and exceeds ps 2 standards and is approved in all north american building codes.
Builders and designers can choose from a variety of wall sheathing products and wall systems.
Also sheathed areas narrower than 4 feet may be counted as braced wall panels minimum width depends on the height of the wall and the height of adjacent openings.
It allows the builder to construct a 16 inch wall segment that provides as much.
Apa and three other independent labs have conducted nearly 100 cyclic tests 1 showing that the 16 inch wide portal frame design used in a continuously sheathed wood structural panel wall with a 6 1 aspect ratio as measured at the vertical wall segment performs comparably to wood structural panel wall bracing segments currently permitted in the irc.
Table 2 details the minimum bracing segment lengths using continuous wood structural panel sheathing with both the methods listed in 2006 irc r602 10 5 and the apa narrow wall bracing method.
Fully sheathed walls apa the engineered wood association fully sheathed wood walls siding and trim attachment without needing to hit studs.
When you fully sheathe you get a lot of flexibility the apa s narrow wall bracing method goes a step further.
This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i e apa 7 which released in october 2019.
Braced wall panel r602 10 1 a braced wall panel is a section of a braced wall line that is.
A braced wall segment to be as narrow as 16 inches.
The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here.
