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FEMA P55 Coastal Construction Manual, Fourth Edition - Mad Cad

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11 Designing the builDing envelope Volume II<br />

Figure 11-16.<br />

Blown-off fber cement<br />

siding; broken window<br />

(arrow). Estimated<br />

wind speed: 125 mph.<br />

Hurricane Katrina<br />

(Mississippi, 2006)<br />

Figure 11-17.<br />

Four brick veneer failure modes; fve corrugated ties that were not embedded in the mortar joints (inset).<br />

Hurricane Ivan (Florida, 2004)<br />

A key to the successful performance of brick veneer is attachment with a sufcient number of properly<br />

located ties and proper tie fasteners (based on design loads and tested resistance). Fact Sheet 5.4, Attachment<br />

of Brick Veneer in High-Wind Regions, in <strong>FEMA</strong> P-499 provides guidance on specifying and installing brick<br />

veneer in high-wind regions.<br />

11-18 COASTAL CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

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