What Does BCSI Mean by Stress-Graded?
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What Does BCSI Mean by Stress-Graded?
- BCSI recommends that lumber used for restraining and bracing trusses be stress-graded.
- Stress-graded lumber is graded for mechanical properties like strength and stiffness.
- Stress-graded lumber can be found in visual grades, MSR and MEL grades.
- AF&PA’s Supplement to the National Design Specification® (NDS®) includes the design values for all commercially available lumber in the U.S.
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