The 2008 SDPWS is referenced in the 2009 IBC.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Utzman [mailto:chuckutzman@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:21 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: Steel straps on wood shear walls
Hmm. Interesting document. Where does it stand re: current code cycle?
At first glance it doesn't allow sheathing to resist seismic uplift
though. Thanks for the heads up Buddy.
AWC Info wrote:
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> Alternatively, you can now design the sheathing to resist combined
> uplift and shear per section 4.4 of the 2008 Wind/Seismic Standard:
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> http://www.awc.org/Standards/SDPWS.html
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> HTH
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> Buddy
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> John "Buddy" Showalter, P.E.
> Director, Technical Media
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> From: Jim Wilson <wilsonengineers@yahoo.com>
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> Subject: Steel straps on wood shear walls
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> To: seaint@seaint.org
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> Is there a definitive reference stating that steel=A0straps are
> okay=A0to b=
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> e placed over wall sheathing and not directly to the studs before the
> sheat=
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> hing is installed?=A0 I've googled it, I've called Simpson and I've
> tried t=
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> o look to the APA but I can only find indirect statements about
> it.=0A=0ASi=
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> mpson does mention that different nail sizes can be used for the
> different =
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> installation methods.=A0 That=A0isn't generic enough for the
> condition.=0A=
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> =0AThanks,=0AJim Wilson, PE=0AStroudsburg, PA
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