Load-bearing exterior walls
Structural walls that carry the floors and roof above, and can remove some or all of the red iron framing from the building.
Published data
- Capacity
- Can be designed to carry multiple floors
- Thickness
- 3½ in to 12 in
- Thermal efficiency
- R-16 to R-50
- Fire
- Tested to ASTM E119-08a with the ASTM E2226-08 hose stream
- Design loads
- 9 ft wall: up to 40 psf wind, 2,250 lb per lineal foot axial; engineered to 20 ft heights
Eliminates some or all of the red iron structural framing.
Shear wall structure can be integrated into the bearing wall panels per the architectural and engineering plans and specifications.
All openings are factory installed in the wall panels per the architectural plans.
Source · Technical Product Description; 3-Part Specification 1.5 E.1 · Guardian documents
Written by Data Subsystems, for Guardian Structural Technologies. Last updated .
Drafted from Guardian Structural product literature and published building-science sources. Awaiting Guardian technical review. Confirm any figure against the current product documents or ask us before you rely on it in a design.
Other panel types
Wall panels
The general-purpose Shield™ wall panel, sized to the project and used on both residential and commercial work.
Curtain walls
Exterior non-load-bearing cladding panels, custom designed for wind load and attached to a steel frame or masonry structure.
Demising and corridor walls
The walls between tenancies and along corridors, where fire separation and sound matter as much as structure.
Roof panels
Load-bearing roof panels for gable, hip or flat roof lines, compatible with red iron steel or bar joists.