The MiTek® Hardy Frame® HFX Shear Panel is the industry’s most cost-effective, narrow prefabricated shear wall.

Its signature C-shape cavity supports easier trade access while allowing for narrower walls and larger openings.

Benefits:

• Available in 9-, 12-, 15-, 18-, 21-, and 24-inch widths -in standard stud heights- to minimize trimming; custom heights available
• Installs on concrete or wood floor systems and can be stacked floor-to-floor
• Features straightforward installation with top and bottom connection labels applied directly to the panel
• Includes ¾-inch wiring holes at upper and lower areas for electrical routing
• Available with pre-welded straps for garage-front applications
• The only panel with a trade-friendly C-shape cavity, allowing easy recessing of fixtures and installation of wood backing

• Updated design profile for the 18-, 21-, and 24-inch widths maintain the same easy installation and load capacities
• Adjustable Hardy Frame Filler Brace (up to 13.5”) simplifies installation in non-standard wall heights
• Bolted-balloon panel and removal of the reduction factor when using nuts and washers
• All updated design features are pre-qualified for allowable load by ICC-ES

Hardy Frame Filler Brace gives you the flexibility to use standard height panels in non-standard height wall applications. Filler Brace can be used in place of adjacent studs, to help you keep your install narrow, and avoid time-consuming trimming – all while maintaining the full out-of-plane load.

• Installation on nuts and washers provides for leveling at uneven concrete – and an open end box wrench may be used to secure connection from below. Allowable loads are less than installation directly on concrete. Confirm with design building professional prior to installation.
• Raised floor head out installations bypass wood framing to eliminate the effects of shrinkage and crushing, while providing a direct shear transfer to the foundation

• Panels installed on wood sill plates have more ductility but, for some sizes the allowable shear is less to account for crushing of wood below
• Allowable values have been reduced when necessary to maintain code drift limit (see HFX-Series Product Catalog Table 1.2)

Installation:

• Set bolts 4-1/4″ inches above concrete
• Moisture barrier (15# felt, Moist Stop, Etc.) recommended when installing on treated wood

• Allowable values have been reduced when necessary to maintain code drift limit (see HFX-Series Product Catalog Table 1.3)
• Table values for Panels installed on a wood floor system assume installation with a Hardy Bearing Plate

Installation at raised floor head-out:

• Provides allowable values from HFX-Series Product Catalog Table 1.2A
• Provides a direct shear transfer to the foundation
• Requires less material by eliminating rim, Bearing Plate and bottom screw

• Allowable values in Table 1.3A have been adjusted to maintain code drift limit while including the effects of crushing in wood members below.
• For “straight stack” installations, cumulative forces must be considered by the building design professional.
• For discontinuous systems, amplification factors must be considered by the Building Design Professional.
• Table values for Panels installed on a wood floor system assume installation of a Hardy Bearing Plate.
• For installations on beams, size plate washers on underside of wood beam to prevent crushing and include deflection from the overturning couple in the drift procedure.

MiTek “STK Washers” are required in the top of Panels when connecting to a hold down rod from above. MiTek “STK Panels” include pre-welded in the top channel.

• HFX/S Series products are manufactured to cold formed steel stud heights. Nominal 8′ heights are 96 5/8″ net, nominal 9′ is 108 5/8″ etc.
• Installation can be directly on concrete (moisture barrier recommmended), with a c-fs channel below, on a nut and washer for levelingor height adjustment up to ±1-1/2″ when approved by the Building Design Professional
• Top connections are made with 1/4″ diameter self tapping screws after installing floor or roof members above
• Panels are 3-1/2″ net depth