Spacing Requirements

 

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Nail Spacing

NDS section 11.1.5.6

no specific requirements for diameters less than 1/4-in.

 

commentary

edge distance	-	measured ⊥ to grain
end distance	-	measured // to grain
row	-	// to grain
row spacing	-	measured ⊥ to grain

 

no guidelines

1. center-to-center spacing when loading is at angle to grain
2. end distance when loads are ⊥ to grain
3. angled cuts

engineering judgment

 

 

Pre-Drilling

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NDS section 11.1.5.3

Z' and W' apply to predrilled or not predrilled