The inspection report says the shear panels under the house may not provide adequate structural support. The buyers are now insisting I pay for an engineering report.

Shear panels refer to structural panels that make up exterior walls. They provide protection from the lateral forces of earthquakes. They are normally constructed by nailing 1/2-inch plywood to ...

Article citations More>> Skaggs, T.D. and Rose, J.D. (1998) Cyclic Load Testing of Wood Structural Panel Shear Walls. Proceedings, Structural Engineering World Wide, 1-10. has been cited by the ...