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Design for Code Acceptance (DCA) 1- 7

Figure 18 of DCA6 prohibits attachment of the ledger to an overhang or bay window. Does this include small cantilevers on the house such as brick ledge cantilevers or cantilevers to accommodate exterior insulation?
In Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide (DCA 6) Table 2, why, for a given joist size, does the overhang span sometimes increase as joist spacing increases?
Can I specify proprietary fasteners such as gun nails?
Is there a soil capacity that can be assumed or do you have to do an actual test?
What are the requirements for locations of diagonal knee braces?
In the DCA6 you specify a live load = 40psf. I thought the live load requirement for decks and balconies was 100 psf?
Does the DCA6 apply to canopies or awnings?
How are lateral load devices provided for a deck being attached to an existing home?
If a deck is under a roof or other covering, do I still need to apply the wet service factor for the structural members?
Why does Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide (DCA 6) Figure 10 show that diagonal bracing is prohibited on center posts?
How can I determine the fire endurance of an exposed wood member?
How can I meet residential energy requirements with wood-frame construction?
Where can I obtain information on designing post frame structures (sometimes referred to as pole buildings or pole barns)?
For one-hour fire-resistance-rated wood joist assemblies, how do I compensate using a 2x8 rather than a 2x10?
Where can I find information on the Component Additive Method (CAM) for calculating and demonstrating assembly fire endurance?
Where can I find information on fire-resistance-rated wood floor and wall assemblies?
Where can I find information on flame spread performance of wood products?

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Wood Structural Design Data (WSDD)

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Figure 18 of DCA6 prohibits attachment of the ledger to an overhang or bay window. Does this include small cantilevers on the house such as brick ledge cantilevers or cantilevers to accommodate exterior insulation?

In Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide (DCA 6) Table 2, why, for a given joist size, does the overhang span sometimes increase as joist spacing increases?

Can I specify proprietary fasteners such as gun nails?

Is there a soil capacity that can be assumed or do you have to do an actual test?

What are the requirements for locations of diagonal knee braces?

In the DCA6 you specify a live load = 40psf. I thought the live load requirement for decks and balconies was 100 psf?

Does the DCA6 apply to canopies or awnings?

How are lateral load devices provided for a deck being attached to an existing home?

If a deck is under a roof or other covering, do I still need to apply the wet service factor for the structural members?

Why does Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide (DCA 6) Figure 10 show that diagonal bracing is prohibited on center posts?

How can I determine the fire endurance of an exposed wood member?

How can I meet residential energy requirements with wood-frame construction?

Where can I obtain information on designing post frame structures (sometimes referred to as pole buildings or pole barns)?

For one-hour fire-resistance-rated wood joist assemblies, how do I compensate using a 2x8 rather than a 2x10?

Where can I find information on the Component Additive Method (CAM) for calculating and demonstrating assembly fire endurance?

Where can I find information on fire-resistance-rated wood floor and wall assemblies?

Where can I find information on flame spread performance of wood products?

For fire resistive construction, does the heat of the fire affect the allowable stress design values of wood?

Do the yield mode equations still apply if one of the members being connected is a material other than wood?

Which member is the main member in a double-shear connection?

Which member is the main member in a single-shear connection?

Does Technical Report 12 - General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection Values assume the connector does not deform in the gap?

How can I determine the fire endurance of an exposed wood member?

Where can I find information on the heat release rates of construction assemblies?

Where can I find information comparing wood-frame and masonry structures?

Where can I find information on the structural performance of a house?

Where can I find information on low-profile wood floor systems?

Where can I find information about fire tests of laminated wood and rolled steel beams?

Where can I find information on designing wood frame structures for permanence?

Where can I find information on plank and beam framing for residential buildings?

Where can I find information on tongue and groove roof decking?

Where can I find information on conventional wood frame construction?

What is the "vented airspace"?

Where can I find information about preservation against termites?

How do I calculate a capacity for lumber sheathing or heavy timber decking diaphragms?

What are the connection requirements for built-up beams?

How do I use the simple solid and space columns tables in WSDD?

How do I use the beam load tables in WSDD?