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Surviving the Storm, Energy efficient framing practices for hurricane and tornado country

MChandler, member | April 30th, 20111 comment

Builders have been slow to adopt 24" OC 2x6 optimum value framing due to concerns about the strength of the structure. We have adopted several framing techniques that work with OVE to improve storm survivability while also maintaining good energy efficiency and stiffness.

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