Sorry yes these are interior doors - non load bearing partitions etc. Just room dividers really.
In this project the stud walls are full height so no issue tying into proper structure.
I have seen it done with a ceiling grid detail - especially in cleanrooms etc. where the partitions are a...
Great, yes that's what I thought was possible - jamb studs made to be stiff enough from light gauge sections. I don't do much (if any) light gauge design so don't have a feel for it. The fact they are heavy doors might be the only kicker - I think they have proper thick fixings so may not be...
I've sketched it out below (excuse the quality - I am using trackpad on laptop with some free software).
It's the use of hot rolled steel I am querying as maybe being overkill. In my mind I would have thought the contractor framing the partitions can come up with a stiff detail (double...
I do a lot of work in steel frame industrial buildings that have heavy duty steel double doors. We have been framing these doors out with proper hot rolled steel box sections (100mm x 100mm x 10mm box section for example - I think these are equivalent to 4 x 4 x 3/8 US size). The framing...
Yes they'll have a platform lift on site. That's a good point, the smaller sections will be much easier to handle and could be a nice small section if only spanning between the purlins.
Thanks for your help - you've saved me a lot of thinking :)
By light gauge blocking, do you mean short lengths of light gauge sections? Spanning between the existing purlins?
That sounds like a good solution - maybe a bit more connections/working at height than installing a single purlin.
They are supported intermittently with steel purlins - but they also do not line up with the new walls :). We could ask them to add a new purlin at the new wall locations I suppose
Hi, I've been asked to help out on a project with some non load bearing partition design. Its an internal wall circa 5000mm high with metal studs and plasterboard - nothing too fancy.
On ground floor it's fine, we can add a track to the ceiling structure and fix the studs in - easy. On the...
@BigH very good point, I'll follow up on that. Also if I am to use it I want to protect from any potential contamination later - I see they have a wrap product for this
@slideruleera agreed - I'm trying to keep in as uncomplicated as possible. I'm used to soils with allowable bearing pressures of 150 kPa +. For a shed this size I wouldn't have been looking for a geotechnical report normally - but I have one so need to come up with something that will satisfy an...
@dik thank you for the reply. Reducing the dead load is definitely something for me to consider - I suppose I'm not too concerned from the slab loads as they are so spread out. But the wall loading is coming down in a more concentrated way. Some settlement wouldn't be a huge deal - I might get...
Hi, I'm working on a project involving the construction of a one story electrical room. The existing ground conditions are circa 1000mm of Made Ground (i.e. not suitable for supporting load) underlain by some clay that gets stiffer with depth. The Geotechnical report is giving me 25 kPa (so...
oldestguy - yes that's exactly it (maybe UK terminology!)
jayrod12 - thanks for the suggestion - the building has a large footprint - some of the runs could be up to 40 meters. Excavation is definitely an option for some of the shorter runs though.
dhengr - thanks for the suggestion - I have a...
Hello,
Has anyone had any experience of installing drainage runs underneath an existing piled suspended slab? The project is a renovation/change of use, where the existing foul drainage does not suit the proposed layout. So the new runs have to be installed underneath the existing suspended...
