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`a constantly debated topic’ (pole barn versus post frame)

By WoodEngineering Posted on February 23, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with barn, base, bending, bolt, brace, bracing, bracket, building, cantilever, capacity, cladding, column, concrete, constrained, deflection, diaphragm, earthquake, effective, embed, end, foundation, frame, gazebo, knee, lumber, metal, moment, nail, nonconstrained, pier, pole, post, racking, resistance, rigid, roof, screw, shear, shed, shop, side, snow, soil, sonotube, stability, stable, stress, structure, wall, wind

Pole barn versus post frame … how to keep the structure from flopping over? Consider a barn, or perhaps a shop, made using timber and `posts’. There are two main ways to keep it from flopping over. One way is …

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Differential Displacements and the SST SDPW Deflector Screw

By WoodEngineering Posted on May 2, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with allow, allowable, bearing, code, collapse, crack, cracking, deflection, deflector, design, differential, displacement, floor, girder, gypsum, IBC, inspect, joist, load, movement, rafter, roof, safe, safety, sag, screw, snow, SST, Strong-Tie, townhouse, truss

Differential Deflections … and the Simpson Strong-Tie Strong-Drive® SDPW Deflector Screw (c) Jeff R. Filler, May 2022, Pell City, AL I haven’t tried one out yet … the Simpson Strong-Tie Strong-Drive® SDPW Deflector Screw … but the idea is fascinating …

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`a constantly debated topic’ (pole barn versus post frame)

Differential Displacements and the SST SDPW Deflector Screw