raligt
Structural
- Jul 31, 2013
- 24
Went to survey this house as the steel beams supporting the first floor bathroom are showing significant corrosion damage.
As the floor slab is built into the steel web, I was thinking it would be too difficult to remove the existing and suggested cleaning and painting the existing steel, and installing new steel sections in below to support.
My issue is getting the new steel ends to bear upon the existing masonry. I have tried to design ledge angles resin anchored to wall but can't get fixing to work for the high end reaction circa 30kN at one end. Trying to avoid putting new steel posts in if possible as thought this may be overkill.
I would ideally like to pocket into wall on a padstone but the practicality of getting it installed is a puzzle for me. I have checked the existing walls and they are ok. Any ideas how we could install these directly below the existing steel into the wall?
I would be connecting the new steels to existing circular column via fin plates or steel angles which wont be a problem.
As the floor slab is built into the steel web, I was thinking it would be too difficult to remove the existing and suggested cleaning and painting the existing steel, and installing new steel sections in below to support.
My issue is getting the new steel ends to bear upon the existing masonry. I have tried to design ledge angles resin anchored to wall but can't get fixing to work for the high end reaction circa 30kN at one end. Trying to avoid putting new steel posts in if possible as thought this may be overkill.
I would ideally like to pocket into wall on a padstone but the practicality of getting it installed is a puzzle for me. I have checked the existing walls and they are ok. Any ideas how we could install these directly below the existing steel into the wall?
I would be connecting the new steels to existing circular column via fin plates or steel angles which wont be a problem.