§ 153.36 INTERSECTING WALLS.
   Walls of other materials intersecting bale walls shall be attached to the bale wall by means of one or more of the following methods or an acceptable equivalent.
   (A)   Wooden dowels at least five-eights of an inch in diameter of sufficient length to provide 12 inches of penetration into the bale, driven through holes bored in the abutting stud, and spaced to provide one dowel connection per bale.
   (B)   Pointed wooden stakes, at least 12 inches in length and one and one-half inch by three and one-half inch at the exposed end, fully driven into each course of bales as anchorage points.
   (C)   Bolted or threaded rod connection of the abutting wall, through the bale wall, to a steel nut and steel or plywood plate washer, a minimum of six inches square and a minimum thickness of three-sixteenths inch for steel and one-half inch for plywood, in at least three locations.
(Res. 96-17, passed 12-12-1996)