wood hold downs
wood hold downs
(OP)
In a wood framed building, do you have to provide hold downs continuous all the way down to the foundation at each shear wall end, or do you assume the tension force is taken out at each floor level? I have a situation where the portion of the wall resisting shear at each floor changes location from floor to floor (within the wall) because of mechanical punch throughs.






RE: wood hold downs
RE: wood hold downs
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering