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Seismic Bracing for Ceiling-Mount Furnace

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SarBear

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Mar 14, 2022
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Hi everyone, I've got an interesting project here that I'd like to see if anyone has any insight on.

The owner of an auto shop hung a 450 lb. furnace from a steel roof beam. The city found out and is now requiring seismic bracing for the furnace, so the owner called us to take a look. See the drawing below. The furnace came with (4) pre-made holes for mounting. I've run the numbers on the steel beam and it is adequate to carry the weight of the furnace. I've looked at a lot of different bracing products, but they all seem suited for piping, ductwork, etc. I'm not sure what to do here. My initial thought is to have a cable brace attach to each of the 4 bolts and run diagonally away from the unit and attach to the z-purlins. Does anyone have any experience and/or insight they could share?

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What a mess the threaded rods are going at an angle through the beam? How far away is the next wide flange? I'd probably make them re-hang this, something similar to the duct trapeze, image below, with a small channel or even a double strut for vertical support to the next beam.

Cable sway bracing would be okay or unistrut, though attaching to zee purlins is not something I would normally recommend. How much is the lateral load (Fp)?

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Thanks for your thoughts!

Harbringer said:
What a mess the threaded rods are going at an angle through the beam?
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They have some angled brackets at the unit and the steel beam, so the rods themselves don't go through at an angle.

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How far away is the next wide flange?
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They are spaced at 16'-0".

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though attaching to zee purlins is not something I would normally recommend
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Yeah, that was my thought as well. With the trapeze, the rods would miss the wide flange and have to attach to the z-purlins.



 
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SarBear said:
Yeah, that was my thought as well. With the trapeze, the rods would miss the wide flange and have to attach to the z-purlins.
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Harbringer said:
I'd probably make them re-hang this, something similar to the duct trapeze, image below, with a small channel or even a double strut for vertical support to the next beam.
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