Bracing without sheathing.

[Lee Boland]

Hallo to anyone out there

I figured I'd post a Q and see what happened.
I'm looking at building a second storey renovation and would like to use steel cross bracing in place of sheathing. Simpson product??
I'm quite certain it exists but have never used it.
Any thoughts?
BTW I use this exact format daily for a design/drafting product. There are people on there with over 10,000 posts!!! Incredible amounts of free info.

Lets share the knowledge!!

Thanks,

Lee

[bcb_admin]

Lee,
I'm not qualified to answer your question, but this Branch Engineer from Simpson Strong-Tie has given me some very good technical info on their products...
Fred Tai 604-465-0296 E-mail: ftai@strongtie.com
Ken

[Lee Boland]

Ken,

Thanks for the reply. I managed to find what I was looking for in the meantime. The contact name and e-mail will be very helpful though.

Have you thought about contacting the trade schools and making them aware that this service exists!?
As I mentioned in my original thread, I use www.chieftalk.com almost daily.

Thanks again,

Lee

[bcb_admin]

Glad you found the info you wanted Lee.
Thanks for the tip on trade schools...I'll follow up on that.
Have a Top Drawer day.
Ken
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