Product Overview
SSWH24X13 Strong-Wall High-Strength Steel Shearwall
The Strong-Wall high-strength steel shearwall (SSWH) is a prefabricated, steel panel engineered to help structures resist lateral forces in seismic and high-wind areas. This code-listed shearwall has been newly redesigned with added strength requiring fewer shearwalls per project. These walls feature a narrower profile than site-built shearwalls, allowing more room for window and garage door openings in single and multifamily residential buildings that often have limited wall space. It also features patented holdown fuse technology that provides predictable behavior and delivers superior strength, stiffness, ductility and design values. Used together with a universal anchorage template and bolts (sold separately), the SSWH simplifies and speeds up installation on the jobsite.
The Strong-Wall high-strength steel shearwall (SSWH) is replacing the Steel Strong-Wall (SSW). SSWH accessories are compatible only with SSWH panels. As we phase out the Steel Strong-Wall (SSW), our team is here to help customers smoothly transition to the upgraded SSWH system.
- Engineered with some of the highest allowable loads in the industry
- Prepunched holes for field installation of nailers
- Patented insert to control yielding of panel​
- Installs easily with universal reusable templates (sold separately) to locate the holdown anchor bolts accurately for multiple footing types
- Evaluated to the 2024 IRC/IBC and listed by ICC-ES
- Suitable for residential, multifamily and light-frame commercial construction
- Sizes: Offered in panel widths of 12", 15", 18", 21" and 24" with heights ranging from 7' to 13'
- Installations on concrete foundations, including standard, garage portal systems and two-story stacked; first-story wood floor systems; cold-formed steel applications on concrete foundations.
- Includes heavy hex nuts/washers and 1/4 in. x 3-1/2 in. SDS screws
- Vertical panel — 10 gauge
- Vertical panel — galvanized
- Top and base plates — Simpson Strong-Tie gray paint