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Diaphragm on Steep-Pitched Roof with Attic Space

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If the attic floor is sheathed in plywood with competent diaphragm fastening, chord details, and everything else, I'd put all of it there unless there's a compelling reason somewhere else in the load path to consider the roof diaphragm to be the more rigid option.
 
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