Valuable Resources On Earthquake Retrofitting of Homes
Each of these documents contains technical and engineering information that tell you how to retrofit a house. We use this information in our own designs and installations. These topics are also explored on the website and in the videos. To find this additional information just type in a search term in the search box at the upper right of any webpage.
CODES
Appendix A ; Masonry Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings
International Existing Building Code: 2 pages retrofit section.
Appendix A: Archaic Materials Allowable Loads Table
Appendix Chapter A3 of the CEBC
Archaic Materials Historic Code Table 8-8A
Critique of Appendix Chapter A3 of the CEBC
Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic
Hillside Home Retrofit Building Code
SEISMIC RETROFIT GUIDELINES
FEMA: Vulnerability – Based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of One and Two-Family Dwellings
FEMA DR-4193-RA2 Earthquake Strengthening of Cripple Walls in Wood Frame Buildings.
International Existing Building Code Appendix Chapter A3
Los Angeles Standard Plan Number 1
Seattle’s Retrofit Guidelines
Portaland’s Retrofit Guidelines
Simpson StrongTie Homeowner Guideline
FASTENERS
NER-272 1997 More to Know About Nails and Staples
NER-272 2004 Edition before it became ESR 1539
ESR-1539 Everything to Know About Nails and Staples
Load Values for Specific Gravity
FOUNDATIONS
Articles
Homeowners Guide to Seismic Retrofitting
Journal of light Construction Article
Retrofit Foundation Bolts-Article
American Plywood Association Publications
APA Blocking and Horizontal Shearwalls
APA Effect of openings on shear wall
APA Green lumber effect on shearwalls
APA Nail Penetration in Shear Walls
APA Opinion of Retrofit Mudsill Connections
APA Effect of Overdriven Fasteners on Shear Capacity
APA Wood Blocking and Shear Wall Design
APA Engineered Wood Construction Guide
Misc.
Hazards Posed by Hillside Homes
Code Changes in Bolt Sizing and Plate Washers
Stapled Shear Wall Test Univ. of Utah
