Sliding Door Attachment to CFS Gyp Bd Wall

[RPMG]

What is a standard way of framing an attaching sliding doors to cold form steel studs? Obviously, there are a lot of problems with the arch detail below, which shows a series of 1/2" dia bolts fastening through gyp bd and tapping into the CFS header.

 

[jayrod12]

Usually where items need to be lag screwed into CFS framing, they provide wood blocking so the lags actually have something to bite.

 

[RPMG]

Wood isn't permitted in this type of space, but let's say that it is, do you see any issues with the lag screw connector through the gyp bd?

I'm considering thru bolting, but I'm not sure how to handle the gyp bd.

 

[jayrod12]

Not really no. It essentially just acts like grout/shimming. What are the other options if wood isn't allowed?

And although wood may not be allowed in a significant structural sense, I've often thought that there are exceptions for items like blocking.

Is the door weight actually hanging? Or is it just a lateral support? Most sliding doors I've seen are supported on the ground for the weight, and the top and side connections are for lateral only. And those loads normally aren't overly substantial.

 

[RPMG]

Wood isn't permitted by the client in certain areas.

These types of doors hang from wheels above. This particular one is 8'-0"W x 10'-0"H and 800 lb. Thru bolting is permitted, so I think that's the answer.

 

[jayrod12]

Is there a guide at the bottom? Otherwise there's a fair bit of torsion there.

Thru-bolts may in fact be the best solution, unfortunately.

 

[RPMG]

There is one guide at the corner and one stop at the end, so that the door shuts properly. It's a zero-force guide. The door cog is aligned with the wheels, supported by a ledger with a track.

 

[Brad805]

800lb, We have hung operable doors like that from steel above.

Backer might help? Bailey Backer

 

[phamENG]

What? Somebody got a patent for that? I used to detail field modifications to tracks and studs just like that all the time...