Windstorm wall sheathing from West Fraser saves the framing contractor time and money. We are able to save twelve to sixteen man-hours when framing with Windstorm panels. Windstorm panels span the full height of the wall allowing us to cover both plates and nail to the engineer’s specified pattern. This eliminates the time spent installing …
I use the Windstorm 109 1/8″ panels on 100% of my houses as a builder/framer. I save about 1 1/2 days labor per job and without the Windstorm panels would charge the builder about 35 cents per square foot for materials and labor to install stud/plate uplift hardware.
Specifying Windstorm simplifies the engineering design calculation time that can be better spent on more critical aspects of the typical job. A common problem I encounter with stud to plate connectors occurs at the inspection process when correction of the stud plate tie installation requires significant reconstruction. Windstorm sheathing and nail spacing alone reduces the …
To strengthen our buildings and provide significant savings to our builders we specify full height Windstorm panels. We found this to meet the high wind codes we faced on the East Coast and to be a much better method than piecing 8′ board.
Windstorm made this an easier job for me. It helped me meet Energy Stars standards and eliminated the need for caulking the 4×8 panel edge gaps. It also significantly helps with the blower door test. This product is just what we needed to reduce air infiltration. Using Windstorm also saves time during construction, installation goes …
Time was a challenge throughout this project. The wall sheathing made a world of difference. The speed of the job was remarkable. The panels not only went up fast, but they also went up the right way quality-wise.
We switched from using 8′ panels to West Fraser’s full height panels on our two-story homes to save time and money and meet high wind codes. Starting these sheets at our sill plates we span through the first story floor band and wall section and join sheets in the second story floor band. The second …
Frustrated with the cost and time required to meet high wind codes using traditional 8′ sheathing I was excited to see the windstorm ad. After contacting West Fraser, they helped my building supply stock Windstorm. We’ve now switched to full height Windstorm and eliminated the horizontal joints and all the additional material, labor and waste …
When building in high wind areas we use Windstorm panels from West Fraser for structural wall sheathing. Windstorm panels allow us to meet codes while reducing the amount of costly uplift hardware. We also save on our blocking material, construction time, and framing labor. All our Windstorm sheathed houses survived Hurricane Ivan with no problems. …
West Fraser’s TruFlor has held up well during our construction cycle, it’s been easy on our framers during installation and, most of all, problem free.
