Stud Wall (2/90x45 bottom plate) connected to Lintel

[juniorchaldean]

Hi All

Does a lintel supporting a stud wall (sitting on the top flange of the lintel, running parallel with the lintel) considered to be lateral restrained continuously. Does the stud wall provide lateral restraint on the compression flange

 

[DaveAtkins]

No, it would not brace the top flange against buckling.

DaveAtkins

 

[jayrod12]

you could evaluate the plate of the wall to act like a beam to provide said buckling restraint. But that would also include reviewing where the load in the wall plate goes at the end of the lintel etc. Follow the loads and if there's somewhere competent for them all to go, I would be willing to play ball.

On long lintels, I've had to provide multiple horizontals above and below to act like wind girts/buckling restraint before.