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Figure 2: Wall framing at openings. Source: adapted from American Wood Council, 2001.
According to the manual of good practices, such as LPBrasil (2011) and Freitas and Castro (2012),
the end of the OSB board, cannot coincide with the vertices of window and door openings. In this
part of the wall, the board should be cut in C (window) or L (door) shape (Figure 3). This recommendation causes waste of OSB but provides rigidity to the wall.

Figure 3: Installation of OSB boards on panels with openings. Source: adapted from Freitas and Castro 2012

Research Method
The methodological approach adopted for this research was the case study. Two main reasons
justify the choice of this methodological approach: (1) the question to be answered was how to
reduce material waste in the design phase of a low-income housing adopting LWF construction

Reducing waste in the construction of light wood frame low-income housing

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