shear wall inspection

[mathew stouffer]

I am training to become a home inspection and need some info on shear wall inspections. Any broad inspection techniques you want to offer.

[Jerry McCarthy]

Pick up some Simpson Catalogs on shear wall bracing. Also, I’d Google foundation shear wall bracing as there’s loads of info on the internet such as; Earthquake Retrofitting, Foundation Bolting and Cripple Wall Bracing | Earthquake Safety (http://www.earthquakesafety.com/wyretro_retrofit.htm).

[Gunnar Alquist]

Jerry Mc.

Pretty good website. Good basic information. I particularly liked the rusty bolt segment.

[Aaron Miller]

Mathew:

Shear wall or braced line wall construction is often specifically engineered for a project. When it is, refer to the construction documents for the engineer's recommendations. Otherwise refer to IRC R602.10.

See:

http://www.kitsapgov.com/dcd/brochures/62.pdf
http://www.strongtie.com/ftp/bulletins/T-IRCWALLBRC06-R.pdf
http://www.strongtie.com/ftp/catalogs/C-SW07/C-SW07.pdf
http://www.co.henrico.va.us/bldg/pdf/BracedWallPanels.pdf
http://www.bssconline.org/Homebuilders_Guide/Final_June2006/Chapter5final.pdf

Aaron:D

[mathew stouffer]

Thanks for your help, the information was very useful.