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This wall-bracing evaluation Is based on the 20121ntemetionel Residential Code.The user Is responsible for ensuring that the project fits within the <br /> scope of the IRC and complies with the wall-bracing requirements of Sections 8802.10.8902.11 and 8802.12 as applicable. <br /> 2.One-and two-family dwellings and townhouses in Seismic Design Categories A and B and ore-and two-family dwellings in Seismic Design Category <br /> C are exempt from the seismic requirements of the IRC.The length of wad bracing shall be in accordance with the requirements of Table 8602.10.3(1) <br /> based on wind speed,including all applicable adAnt mord tactors. <br /> 3 Braced-wad liras using the continuous sheathing mathods shell be constructed in a000rderioe with the requirements of$subon s R802.10A2, <br /> 8602.10.&4,and 8902.10.7,as applicable. <br /> 4.Braced-wall panNa shad be located at each end of braced-wad lines and may begin up to 10 feet ham the and In accordance with Figure 8602.10.22. <br /> Comer construction for oontinwocrely sheathed methods shall be In accordance with Section ROM10.7. <br /> *The distance between braced wall panels shad not wooed 20 fast in accordance with Section 8802.1022. <br /> &Braced-wad-line spacing shall not exceed 80 feet on center. <br /> 7.Interior braced-wad-line spacing is the greener of the distance between two adjacent braced-wad Ones or the average of the distance as selected by the <br /> designer- <br /> &Refer to the for pre-engirgered solutions when the <br /> required bracing amounts cannot be satietied with prescriptive braced-wall panels.Simpson Strong-Tie®Wood and Steel Strong-Wad®shearwals <br /> may be considered equivalent to the code braced-wall panel construction method Wap with gypsum board applied on the inside. <br /> 9.Mbdng of intermittent bracing methods within a braced-wall line is permitted only in Seismic Design Categories A and B and for detached dwellings In <br /> Seismic Design Category C.The length of bracing required for the traced-wad Iris shnll be the highest bracing length calculated for each method used <br /> within the braced-wall Ore. <br /> 10.Horbantal panel joints in braced-wall panels shall be blocked in accordance with Section 8802.10.10. <br /> 11.Braced-wad lines shad have a m4dffern of two traced well panels unless the provisions of Section 8802.10.2.3 are satisfied. <br /> Var*n 3.0.0 <br />