How to Install Wall Sheathing
A quick look at the right way to skin a stud wall.
Jan 31, 2017
From the underlying framing to the water barrier, this video lets you tackle wall sheathing in a minute.
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Vertical sheathing can be used to provide blocking between raised heel trusses.
I use it very good tool
@ user-6314355 What you describe is sort of "new" old school. Have seen framers work that way but I don't like building walls on ladders. The way I learned, back in the '70's, was to nail down your bottom plate with 8 sinkers along the chalk lines as you describe then add the top plate with more 8 sinkers and detail as you describe. After you've plated the entire house or story, if multiple story, you mark the plate packages for identification, pull them up as packages and stack them out of the way. Starting with the longest wall you build it on the deck and stand it up bracing it only at the ends so the braces don't get in the way of building subsequent walls. Your method might be more appropriate if building on a slab which I pretty much never do. The other thing that shapes my practices is that I'm pretty much never framing multiple structures at the same time. When I order plate stock, I insist that it be straight even if I have to pay for #1. That's much cheaper in the long run than dealing with twisty construction grade plate stock.
I too questioned not gaping the sheathing at the place they butt. Since many framers in our area frame old school by nailing down shoe plates on accurate chalk lines , create the upper plates on top of the shoe plates, do the marking for windows , doors etc and pull the plates back to toenail the studs. We have found that this gives us the most reliably straight walls.Despite the curvature of the plate material
Got to thinking and went back and looked again. Don't even know what that sheathing is for. It sure isn't structural. There should be a row of blocking between the studs that the joints fall on. Once again better to use 3 by or 4 by blocks. Sheathing has NO STRUCTURAL VALUE unless it's nailed on all four edges. To be most useful, it should also have edge nailing at other significant framing members like the bottom wall plate.
I suppose the flaw here is trying to cover this topic with the "Mastered in a Minute" format. That might be sufficient time for addressing sheathing fasteners, taping seams, or squaring the wall.
Don't get some of these comments. The overhang at the bottom of the wall is to tie the sheathed wall to the rim joist below. Sheathing on lower wall should also catch the rim. Now you have one structure rather than several stacked on top of each other. Never heard of adhesive on wall sheathing and I've done lots of structural engineered wall sheathing. Floor adhesive is to stop squeaks not for strength. The strength of the sheathing is in how many and what guage nails you use. Don't know what jurisdiction would require vertical sheathing. It is inherently weaker with your joints all on one stud. By staggering the joints you lessen the chance of failure. If I'm doing a job where vertical sheathing will really help me in some other way, I lay out my joints in the wall framing and use 3 by or 4 by studs at the joints lessening the chance of all of those nails(lots of shear panels are nailed 2, 3 or 4 inches OC on the edges) splitting the stud.
No mention of sheathing gaps. Plus around here you need a nailing inspection before taping. Maybe a little less heavy metal and a little more content.
In many jurisdictions sheathing can only be installed vertically on the wall, which is different from the video.
Overdriven fasteners are very apparent in this video. I think you should resist the impulse to "Just to get the content up" and spend a little more time on quality. Nothing "Fine" about this "Fine Homebuilding" video.
Really, that's it? Adhesives necessary? What the reason for the overhang at the bottom of the wall? How do you handle wall connections? Lot more to it than what was shown for new guys starting out.
That was a terrible video.
Brilliant