09-18-2016, 08:44 AM
No minimum height except for anything over 4 feet, I believe, counts as a floor and engineered plans are required for shear wall design. You could try to get plans approved by shearing everything with 1/2 inch plywood nailed 6 inches on the edge, and 12 inches in the field with minimum openings, as the area below a window, for example does not count, and is considered a break in the shear wall.
An example wall,would be four feet shear, window 3 feet wide, 12 feet shear, anchor bolts every 4 feet. Stairway wall if perpendicular would be converted to a shear wall,as well if house is over 25 feet in length.
Again, this is an example only, as I am not a qualified engineer, but have built, and inspected enough following their plans to give one an idea what they are up,against.
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An example wall,would be four feet shear, window 3 feet wide, 12 feet shear, anchor bolts every 4 feet. Stairway wall if perpendicular would be converted to a shear wall,as well if house is over 25 feet in length.
Again, this is an example only, as I am not a qualified engineer, but have built, and inspected enough following their plans to give one an idea what they are up,against.
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