A TIMBER FRAME PANEL

• Main Authors: WITT, Larissa, McANDREW, Scott
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.06.2023
• Subjects: BUILDING; CEILINGS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; ROOFS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

The invention related to a timber frame panel (100) comprising a top rail (102) and an opposing a base rail (104); and a first stud (106) and an opposing second stud (108). The first stud is connected at a first end to the base rail and at a second, opposite, end to the top rail. The second stud is connected at a first end to the base rail and at a second, opposite, end to the top rail. The panel also has a first mid rail (120), which first mid rail is connected at a first end to the first stud, is connected at a second, opposite, end to the second stud and wherein the first mid rail is substantially parallel to the top rail and the base rail. The panel further includes a first diagonal brace (126) connected at a first end to the base rail and connected at a second, opposite, end to the first mid rail; and a second diagonal brace (128) connected at a first end to the top rail and connected at a second, opposite, end to the first mid rail. The first end of the first diagonal brace is connected to the base rail by means of a first nail plate (138). The first end of the second diagonal brace is connected to the top rail by means of a second nail plate (140). The second ends of each of the first diagonal brace and the second diagonal brace are connected to the first mid rail by means of a third nail plate (142). The panel has a characteristic directional load resistance to forces applied directly against the first stud at or adjacent the top rail, wherein the characteristic directional load resistance is at least 1.5 kN.