single wall construction
single wall construction
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I have a 1920's cottage that is single wall construction (no stud framing). I am curious about how this system performs structurally, both axial and lateral, when transferring loads through this rather minimal 3/4" vertical diaphragm.






RE: single wall construction
RE: single wall construction
RE: single wall construction
RE: single wall construction
the vertical wall diaphragm is essetially a board and batten wall of 1x12 boards and milled batts. it's been a while but I seem to recall the raftes resting a 2x top plate that is then, somehow, attatched to the baords. It may occue via the 1x3 ceiling trim. At the sill the boards appear to be face nailed to the floor rim joist/blocking. It seems reasonable that the interconnections between boards and batts in a continuous wall length act as a diaphragm for in line loading. What I don't get is the loads applied perpendicular to the wall plane. The reason for the question is that I'm trying to determine if a retrofit of some kind is worthwhile (I'm in central california).