Meet code requirements and simplify fastening of siding and trim to plywood or osb.
Apa fully sheeted wall.
Please use the example at the bottom of this page to cite the purdue owl in apa.
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.
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.
A braced wall segment to be as narrow as 16 inches.
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.
Reduce the braced wall line spacing as shown in figure 3.
Builders and designers can choose from a variety of wall sheathing products and wall systems.
Braced wall panel r602 10 1 a braced wall panel is a section of a braced wall line that is.
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.
When you fully sheathe you get a lot of flexibility the apa s narrow wall bracing method goes a step further.
It allows the builder to construct a 16 inch wall segment that provides as much.
The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here.
Fully sheathed walls apa the engineered wood association fully sheathed wood walls siding and trim attachment without needing to hit studs.
This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i e apa 7 which released in october 2019.
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.
