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A drainage plane is created behind lap siding by installing furring strips on the exterior walls over house wrap which is overlapped and taped at all seams to serve as an air and water barrier.
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Improper continuous load path design lacking bracing results in the failure of gable end walls under high wind conditions.
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Right - Foil-faced polyisocyanurate rigid foam is attached to the existing exterior wall with vertical wood furring strips
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Right – Examples of wall stud to top plate and stud to rim joist framing connectors and brackets.
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Right – This modular home consists of prebuilt wall panels that are assembled on site.
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With the nailed block method, wood blocks are attached to the sill plate and the cripple wall plywood is attached to the block to provide shear strength for correctly bracing a cripple wall in a seismic retrofit
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Wrong - Lack of a weather-resistant barrier allowed water to get behind the siding and rot the framing in this corner rim joist area.
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Wrong – The damaged rim joist was not replaced and its strength is compromised in a critical load-bearing corner.