Performance Rated Panels
Product Guide
APA Performance Rated Panels are wood structural panels that conform to performance-based standards. These standards provide product performance baselines, such as load-carrying capacity, for designated end uses. Performance standards differ from typical prescriptive manufacturing standards by determining how a product must perform in one of these designated applications rather than how it must be made.
This publication is designed for: architects, engineers, designers, builders
This publication describes performance standards for wood structural panels and the compositions of different types of APA panels that bear the Performance Rated designations of APA Rated Sheathing, APA Rated Sturd-I-Floor® and APA Rated Siding.
Key sections include:
APA Performance Rated Panel compositions
Performance rated panels for floors, walls and roofs
Performance testing
Span ratings
Engineered applications
Panel size and spacing
Code recognition
Orders and specifications
Storage and handling
Example trademarks
Published by APA — The Engineered Wood Association.
