Retrofit Anchor Bolts for Residential Shear Walls
Retrofit Anchor Bolts for Residential Shear Walls
(OP)
Since the advent of App. D, the task of holding down shear walls to existing residential foundations has become daunting. I am faced with yet another project where I can't get any anchor to work for even the small loads (2 - 3k wind, 1.5 - 2k seismic Cat D) on this project. The existing foundation is 6" wide concrete. I have looked at straps on the exterior as well as traditional PHD type holdowns. What are other engineers using in this situation?






RE: Retrofit Anchor Bolts for Residential Shear Walls
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Retrofit Anchor Bolts for Residential Shear Walls