Where buildings are clad inside with wide panel materials such as plywood or galvanized steel, horizontal wind effects can be most economically handled by the "diaphragm" action of the ceiling working together with the endwall and sidewall cladding. This plan gives details of how to use a nailed plywood ceiling to wind-brace a stud-wall farm building. For effective diaphragm action, each panel of ceiling and wall cladding must be connected on all four edges to adjacent framing and cladding. The plan gives details for all the special connections and framing required to wind-brace a building with a diaphragm ceiling.
Plywood Ceiling Diaphragm
Leaflet (Metric)
Plywood Ceiling Diaphragm
Plan (Metric)
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