All. Thanks for your responses.
The question is that i have seen it being built and was just questioning if it is acceptable to mix and match of sheathing and let in bracing in the same wall line and thought to ask you so educate myself of what i see. Not sure if what they have installed is...
Hi everyone i have a question regarding a single family home two stories bracing. Is it acceptable to mix bracing methods (let in bracing and structural sheathing) in the same braced wall ? I.e at the corner you have sheathing and after down the wall line you have several let in bracing ? Alt...
Thank you everyone. I may request them to contact the EOR for their review and see if they would fix it. Not sure what solution available at this point of construction or at phase 2 inspection might be too late to do anything. I added other photos to hopefully show a better resolution.
Would...
Hi everyone
I would like to know your thoughts about a bottom wood plate of a shearwall at a house being built. It looks like it has a significant amount of its side notched (maybe naturally?).
The treated wood underneath seems to be ok but when i look at the nails of the sheathings it does...
It seems the RCSC part 7 asks for the pre tensioned bolts such as Turn of The Nut method to have a sample bolts pre-tested prior installation of the rest of the bolts. Is there anyone familiar with this requirement? Not sure if I am reading this part correctly.
My understanding is that the...
