Calculations for Wood furring strip/cement panel siding fasteners 1

[Revv]

Hey Guys,

If someone was asking you to check the fasteners for wood furring strips/cement panel siding what would you be checking exactly? Just the withdrawal from wind and the weight of the material? In this case, it's nails.

 

[structSU10]

It depends. Is this a delegated design? What part of the system is 'yours' to design? If the furring and backup framing is defined by others you would stop at the fastener. I would think the panels themselves would be part of the analysis?

 

[Revv]

Just the fastener @structsu10 I guess my question is what exactly would you include with this. Just withdrawal calculations and state spacing of nails? Not really sure how these things usually work

 

[jayrod12]

Spacing, minimum embedment, edge distance for the furring strips and into the back-up material.