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Hollow core slab supporting non load bearing cmu wall

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spieng89

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Jun 30, 2015
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Seeing if anyone has run across details for the condition of a non load bearing cmu wall being supported by a hollow core slab. Essentially a wall located between span ends of slab. I've only ever used stud (cfs or wood) for miscellaneous walls bearing on hollow core slab. My thinking is I could post grout the cores where the walls would be located and epoxy dowel a shallow anchorage to resist the minimal interior wall pressure loads. Plan to use light-weight 6" block for non-load bearing walls
 
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a diagram or sketch would probably be helpful here.
 
We put non-loadbearing partitions down on hollow-core all the time. We usually don't do anything to dowel it directly to the slab. For standard partitions, there's usually enough frictional resistance between the grout and the top of hollow-core/topping. We still require that the bottom two courses are grouted in full, so there is a fair amount of surface area to provide said frictional resistance.
 
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