Simpson Full Height Concrete Garage Wing Walls

Additionally shearwalls 100 inches or less in height are supplied with four portal straps.

Simpson full height concrete garage wing walls.

When designing a wood shearwall designers need to consider the shear sheathing and nailing overturning holdowns concrete anchorage and drift. For garage front applications 7 ft 7 4 ft and 8 ft strong wall portal models are installed with the garage header on top of the strong wall. Garage header rough opening height. Lateral bracing of garage wing walls rg88 structural op.

Furring down garage header may be required for correct rough opening height. Wood shearwalls are typically used in locations where increased lateral resistance is required such as around window and door openings on garage wing walls and interior walls. Simpson strong tie has two products in our prefabricated shearwall family the steel strong wall ssw and the strong wall wood shearwall wsw. Wood strong wall panels can reduce the amount of wall space required for shearwalls allowing for more windows and doors in house designs.

The strong wall wood shearwalls may be trimmed to a minimum height of 74. By clicking i agree below you are giving your consent for us to set cookies. The simpson 2 x 10 shear wall has an allowable shear of only 1590 lbs while you have 5000 lb. The steel strong wall shearwalls conform to icc es acceptance criteria ac322 and are code listed under the 2015 irc ibc see icc es esr 1679.

Figure 10 1 3 full height abutment figure 10 1 4 stub abutment full height abutments and stub abutments full height abutments are used when shorter spans are desired or if there are right of way or terrain issues. Simpson strong tie category strong wall shearwalls we use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience. Install the wall flush to exterior face of the framing and add furring to the opposite side. Portal frame connection kit.

The legacy wood strong wall shear wall can be installed around window and door openings on garage wing walls interior walls or any other locations where increased lateral resistance is required. This is 2500 plf of unit shear which is about twice what you can resist with a two sided shear wall. This reduces the initial superstructure costs. Select the nominal wall height of the 1st story wall framing.

Walls may be installed with solid or multi ply headers see detail 11 ssw2. All strong wall wood shearwalls are supplied with top of wall shear transfer plates nuts washers and installation instructions. Concrete footings are minimum 8 x 16 with two steel 5 8 reinforcing. Stub abutments may be used when it is desirable to keep the abutments away from the.