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<h1>Top-Plate Splice Bending Reinforcement</h1>
<p>
  When wind uplift restraint systems are installed in accordance with ICC-ES
  ESR-1161 and the designer wants to use the bending capacity of both top plates
  and not just one, top-plate splice reinforcement must be installed at all
  locations in which there is a discontinuity in one of the top-plate members,
  such as the top-plate splice. This is to reinforce the top plate in bending.
  The splice reinforcement must be attached using Simpson Strong-Tie&reg;
  <a href="/strongdrive_exteriorwoodscrews/sds_screw/p/strong-drive-sds-heavy-duty-connector-screw"
    >1/4" x 4 1/2" Strong-Drive&reg; SDS Heavy-Duty Connector screws</a
  >. For top-plate splices that are approximately centered between two adjacent
  studs in the wall below, reinforcement must be installed as depicted in Figure
  1 below. For top-plate splices that are not centered between two adjacent
  studs in the wall below, reinforcement must be installed as shown in Figure 2
  below as well.
</p>
<div class="image">
  <img
    alt="top-plate-splice-fig1"
    src="https://embed.widencdn.net/img/ssttoolbox/gkswkfnhkd/250px@2x/SR_URS_InstDtl_Ill_Instld_StrongRod-URS-SDS-Top-Plate-Splice-BetweenStuds-Reinforce_CY.png"
  />
  <div class="image__caption">
    <h5>Figure 1</h5>
    Top Plate Splice: Bending Reinforcement<br>
    (Splice Between Studs)
  </div>
</div>
<div class="image">
  <img
    alt="top-plate-splice-fig2"
    src="https://embed.widencdn.net/img/ssttoolbox/ugvp9lqiel/700px/SR_URS_InstDtl_Ill_Instld_StrongRod-URS-SDS-Top-Plate-Splice-CenteredOverStuds-Reinforce_CY.png"
  />
  <div class="image__caption">
    <h5>Figure 2</h5>
    Top Plate Splice: Bending Reinforcement<br>
    (Splice Centered Over Studs)
  </div>
</div>
<div class="image">
  <img
    alt="AC391 3.2.2.1"
    src="https://embed.widencdn.net/img/ssttoolbox/yiwrkdzbil/700px/F-L-SRS21-p056a.png"
  />
</div>

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