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  1. mavmerl

    plywood shear wall using gage steel wall framing

    You may also want to look at www.steelnetwork.com. They have proprietary systems using cross bracing (somewhat like using a Simpson Strongwall). I don't know if they have ICBO approval on their products.
  2. mavmerl

    Log building shear walls

    I am designing a log home, and would like some informaiton on the allowable shear strength of the walls. The logs are lagged together. I have used the formulas in the NDS lag bolt section to get values. These values are lower that the numbers that I have seen used on other projects, but I...
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