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IECC Climate Zone 2B: Vented Attic, Block Wall, Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3A: SIP Roof, SIP Wall, Stem Wall, Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3A: Unvented Attic, 2x6 Wall, Monolithic Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3A: Vented Attic, 2x6 Wall, Monolithic Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3A: Vented Cathedral Celling, 2x6 Wall, Vented Crawl Space

IECC Climate Zone 3B: SIP Roof, SIP Wall, Stem Wall, Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3B: Unvented Attic, 2x6 Wall, Monolithic Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 3B: Vented Attic, 2x6 Wall, Monolithic Slab on Grade

IECC Climate Zone 4A: SIP Roof, SIP Wall, Stem Wall, Slab on Grade

Install structural sheathing in exterior walls to resist wind pressure

Interior and exterior safe room locations for slab-on-grade foundations.

Key connection points for a continuous load path for earthquake and high wind disaster resistance

Location of Braced Wall Panels and Braced Wall Lines, Figure R602.10.2.2 in the IRC

Location of distributed forces on a home during a seismic event.

Possible failure scenarios due to house sitting on poorly braced and secured cripple wall

Primary wood framing systems: walls, roof diaphragm, and floor diaphragm

Right - Panelized walls came to site with house wrap and furring strips pre-installed; seams will be overlapped and taped on site.

The cripple walls in this home gave way in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, causing the walls to partially collapse.

Uplift forces acting on the roof are met with roof-wall connections that distribute the forces down the walls and into the foundation along the continuous load path.

Wind uplift pressure diagram of forces on continuous load path key links.

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