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While designing King studs around openings in tall wall, gravity load and lateral wind pressure was considered. For Header beam design in same window do I need to take wind pressure or just gravity load. My understanding is header are designed for gravity load only. Please advise

Good Morning, Tall wall height at site increased to 20'7 1/2". need to add Two more bottom plates, what should be recommended connection details? 6" long sds screws at 6' oc or 1/2" dia anchor bolts at 32"...

For 20'7" high tall using 20' long studs, Can we make it with 4 top plates connected together with sds screw ? or other options?

Thank you Canucks65, Pony wall is lateral restrained to top of wall with a 24" long metal strap, 8" embedded in concrete(at inside face of concrete wall) and taken to back up to the exterior sheathing outside and bottom plate of pony wall is fixed on top of wall with 2 sds screws at 24" on all...

Hi there, To lateral brace the pony wall as shown in picture with joist, can I use 2' galvanized strap on outside sheathing coinciding joists web with pony wall stud keeping bottom of the joist as the center of the strap. Or can I use A23 Simpson clip connect joist(bottom) with pony wall stud...

I checked in forte software with above calculated loadings For wall studs-20' Current Solution: 1 piece(s) 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" 1.55E TimberStrand® LSL @ 12" OC PASSED For Built up column-(4ply King Studs) Option 1- Current Solution: 4 piece(s) 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" 1.55E TimberStrand® LSL FAILED- for...

Got it, Thank you so much jayrod12, I appreciate your help

jayrod12 (Structural)17 Nov 20 17:53 Well the CSA O86 (Canadian wood standard) allows for up to 4 ply stud packs to be nailed. Once you get to 5 ply they indicate they should be bolted, or else you have to take a strength reduction into account. I don't know what the NDS says if you are in the...

It is a great room rear wall open to above. I have attached the pdf https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=79ea699d-d05b-4321-8703-48a46c0772d3&file=Binder1.pdf

Thanks! Jayrod12- it is continuous 20' high tall wall (2 full stories)

Happy New Year to All. Need help on check. Just curios to double check my load calculations. Practicing on a 38' long and 26' wide house with 2' roof overhang. It has a tall wall 20'(9' main floor+1'floor joist+10' upper floor). each floor has two window of size 132"x72". It is in Edmonton...

Thank you Mike Mike, Jayrod12- just curios to know, is there any minimum number stud pack for SDS screw? or up to how many stud pack, nails are good

SlideRuleEra, thank you so much, it is nice book

Thank you Mike, yes sheathing attached form exterior and trimmer was designed for the vertical load

Thank you so much All, Jayrod12, it's is 5" long inserted at an angle of 30 degree, so for three ply 2x6, full depth insertion at 30 degree should be 4.5"/cos30=5.196 kootk, thanks for explanation