Installation
Windstorm Sheathing TO RESIST UPLIFT AND SHEAR
 
If your structure or location does not allow the use of prescriptive methods, only a licensed professional designer, such as an architect or professional engineer, has the training and expertise to calculate uplift and shear-resistance requirements for a wood-framed home. Designing for these forces requires detailed calculations using variables such as wall height, wall length, roof slope, wind-speed, and local municipal building codes.
 
Norbord OSB panels are certified by the APA - The Engineered Wood Association
 
For wood framed structures the IRC requires that one of the following be used:
  1. American Forest and Paper Association – AF&PA Wood Frame Construction Manual for One and Two-Family Dwellings (WFCM) or
  2. Southern Building Code Congress International Standards for Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction (SSTD 10-99) or
  3. Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE-7)
Once uplift and shear values have been determined, the licensed professional designer will detail the method of transferring these forces, or loads, to the foundation, ensuring the home's integrity.
 
Please click on the link below and it will take you to the Windstorms web site for much more detail, information, and the wall capacity calculator.
 
Click here for the OSB Information Sheet (PDF - 114KB)
 
Click here to access the new Norbord Windstorm OSB product website




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