Can you ommit a shear wall holddown?
Can you ommit a shear wall holddown?
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If you have a wood shear wall and it's long enough, can you use the sill plate anchorage to replace the typical end-of-wall shearwall holddown? Theres no code requirement for holddowns and I think its more of an analysis decision.
Never seen it done, but am looking at a set that has this.
Never seen it done, but am looking at a set that has this.






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Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
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RE: Can you ommit a shear wall holddown?
If the h/t ratio comes into play (>2:1) to effectively reduce the allowable shear values, then maybe, depending on the hailing and holddown sizes.
I just try to KISS wherever possible.
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering