Wood stud bearing walls intersect with a quarter-inch sheathing joint gap and are fastened with sixteenpenny nails spaced at twelve inches on center. The top plates feature splices centered on studs with two rows of sixteenpenny nails spaced at three inches at the splice, maintaining a minimum six-foot separation between splices.
TYPICAL BEARING WALL INTERSECTION DETAIL SCALE = N.T.S. 4
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