Product Overview
PFS-HKD Strong-Wall Site-Built Double-Wall Portal Kit
Product Details
The PFS double-wall portal frame kit provides all the necessary hardware to build a double-wall portal frame system to meet code-required wall-bracing requirements with narrow wall widths. Simple and quick to install, the PFS is a cost-effective alternative to IRC braced-wall solutions.
Key Features
- Narrow wall width — allows builders to maintain narrow return and Designers to maximize portal openings
- Easy to assemble — saves time for the installer and increases the confidence of the specifier that it will be installed properly
- Cost effective — site-built portal frames are less expensive than prefabricated shearwalls or moment frames
- Equivalent wall length — Designers need as much equivalent wall length as possible to economically design structures
Product Includes
- (4) Holdown assemblies
- (4) Composite standoff bases*
- (8) Moment connection straps
- (66) SDW22300 truss-ply screws
- (1) 6-lobe T40 driver bit
- (1) Installation instructions (T-L-PFSHWIN19)
*Extra composite standoff bases included. Use only the base that corresponds to the column width and discard extra base(s).
