wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
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On a TV show (Holmes on Holmes) they featured the remodeling and an addition to a California Home. In it they were installing a metal frame section that was to provide lateral bracing of a wood frame wall. It looked as if it replaced/took out two studs near the corner.
I have a friend that is building new homes on the water here on the Gulf Coast and he was wandering if this type lateral bracing would be applicable here.
The jest of it is that we haven't been able to find out what it's called and/or who makes it. It had metal studs with a diagonal and it looked like it just fit, like window.
Any ideas?
I have a friend that is building new homes on the water here on the Gulf Coast and he was wandering if this type lateral bracing would be applicable here.
The jest of it is that we haven't been able to find out what it's called and/or who makes it. It had metal studs with a diagonal and it looked like it just fit, like window.
Any ideas?






RE: wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
RE: wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
We will be getting in touch with them through his people tomorrow. Hopefully he can run it by code pretty quick.
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I have an ulterior motive as he has a house with a big dock with lots of fish. His is the only place I can get to the waters edge for about 2 miles and that length is increasing daily.
RE: wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com
RE: wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
RE: wood Frame metal Lateral Bracing
This construction is replacing a house that cost a little over million dollars in 1997.
They had the second episode (Holmes on Homes) of the house being remodeled in Calif. last Friday. They had several interesting ideas in the construction. One thing that got me was they had a tall wall as part of an entrance that used balloon framing. I tried that here when I put an addition and second story on my shop. The building inspector liked to have had a heart attack. All the older two story houses around town have balloon framing 16'-29'
I had some 20' dimension lumber from Hurricane Ivan
Thanks again for every one's comment.