Exterior Walls The categories below cover a wide range of topics related to exterior walls. From structural design to optimum energy performance, these documents provide the information home builders need to design, install, and predict performance of various framing, insulation, weather barrier, and siding materials used in exterior walls.
- Light-Frame Wall and Floor Systems: Analysis and Performance - pdf 3.3 MB
This report describes methods of predicting the performance of light-frame wood structures with emphasis on floor and wall systems. Methods of predicting structural performance, fire safety, and environmental concerns including thermal, moisture, and acoustic performance are addressed in the three major sections. - Thermal Design Guide for Exterior Walls, NT14-95 - pdf 4.7 MB
(DOWNLOAD TIME about 20 minutes with a 56K modem) This guide is intended to provide contractors and with guidance on the thermal design of light gauge, steel-framed buildings. It is a result of tests, analysis and thermal modeling that were done to develop R-values for typical steel framed construction. - Manual of Lumber & Plywood Saving Techniques - pdf 5.2 MB
(DOWNLOAD TIME 20-25 minutes with a 56K modem). This 1971 manual addresses floors, exterior walls, interior partitions, ceilings, roofs, and trim. Many of the cost savings ideas remain practical today. - Designing Walls with Insulated Concrete Forms
Although ICFs have been used successfully in the United States, Canada, and Europe for more than 20 years, broader acceptance has been limited by a lack of practical design guidelines and prescriptive requirements for residential applications. - Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Engineered Panelized Walls: Two Case Studies
 Two panelized wall systems are evaluated in terms of process of design, fabrication, and installation at two case study sites in high wind and earthquake-prone regions of the United States. - Model Guidelines for Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Engineered Panelized Walls
Modeled after existing standards for engineered wood trusses, this guide applies sound concepts to facilitate similar development of the panelized wall market. The guidelines address responsibilities of the designer, fabricator, and installer of panelized wall systems. - Spray-Applied Concrete Walls
Mature PATH Technology offering benefits of: Quality/Durability and Affordability. - Lintel Testing for Reduced Shear Reinforcement in Insulating Concrete Form Systems
The purpose of this test program is to investigate the structural capacity and performance of the concrete lintels typically used in ICF construction. - The Rehab Guide, Volume 2: Exterior Walls (Part 1) - pdf 730 kb
This guidebook from HUD informs builders, architects, engineers, and other housing rehabilitation professionals about innovations and state-of-the-art practices regarding exterior walls. Part 1 discusses design & engineering, masonry/brick veneer, sheathing, vapor retarders & air infiltration barriers, insulation, and vinyl siding. - The Rehab Guide, Volume 2: Exterior Walls (Part 2) - pdf 847 kb
This guidebook from HUD informs builders, architects, engineers, and other housing rehabilitation professionals about innovations and state-of-the-art practices regarding exterior walls. Part 2 discusses metal siding, wood shingles & shakes, solid wood siding, hardboard siding, engineered wood siding, plywood panel siding, fiber-cement siding, eifs & stucco, exterior trim, sealants & caulks, paint & other finishes.
Websites - APA - The Engineered Wood Association
APA-The Engineered Wood Association has focused on helping the industry create structural wood products of exceptional strength, versatility and reliability. With over 400 publications, extensive research and technical reports, comprehensive market studies and more, APA has the information you need about engineered wood products. - AWCI - Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industries International
AWCI represents acoustics systems, ceiling systems, drywall systems, exterior insulation and finishing systems, fireproofing, flooring systems, insulation, and stucco contractors, suppliers and manufacturers and those in allied trades. Geared toward members, this site has lists of publications, links, contractors, and more. - Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau
The Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau (NWCB) is an international trade association encompassing all wall and ceiling industry products and systems available for interior and exterior construction. - Southern Pine Council
The Southern Pine Council is a joint promotional body coordinated and supported by manufacturers of Southern Pine lumber. This offers span tables, specs and standards, and other technical information. - Walls and Ceilings Magazine
Walls and Ceilings covers all aspects of the industry: drywall, lath and plaster, stucco, ceilings and acoustics, exterior insulation finish systems (EIFS), fireproofing, metal framing and architectural decorative ornamentation. They have articles, news, resources, and more.
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