Steel Beam Supporting Cavity Wall Detail

Walls that face driven rain are particularly vulnerable to water penetration.

Steel beam supporting cavity wall detail.

1no 203 x 203 x 46 ub 3 4 this unit ties into the steel box frame structural props remain in place to support the steel beams. 2 end of beam fixed to a masonry wall. Essentially your large steel prevents the natural gravitational passage of water. A steel hanger formed from a 120 x 120 x 10 rsa was designed to sit within the internal leaf of the cavity wall.

Steel angles should be a minimum of 1 4 inch thick. T able of c ontents c hapter 1 m asonry c avity w all d etails s hear c onnected c hapter 2 m asonry c avity w all d etails a djustable t ies c hapter 3 b rick v eneered s teed s tud b ackup w all d etails s hear c onnected c hapter 4 b rick v eneered s teel s tud b ackup w all d etails s lotted t ies c hapter 5 s ingle w ythe l oadbearing m asonry w all d etails c hapter 6 m. The traditional approach used when two steel beams are provided to support a cavity wall has been to design the beams to each carry half the total load and then connect them with pipe spacers and bolts even when the loading to each beam was not equal. 3 end of beam fixed to a column or a beam.

Loads steel beams with suspended plates can be used figure 4. Plan area of bonded masonry supporting steel beam to be greater than or equal to 0 1m. These supports are loaded onto the existing concrete subfloor providing good stability for the props during the curing process for the rsj steel beams. 1 end of beam built into masonry wall.

1no 203 x 178 x 23 ub 3 5m. Ends of beams can be laterally restrained using one of the following methods. It would be inserted just above the line of the lintel and an end plate would connect back to the steel beam. The minimum end bearing length at supports to be 100mm.

1no 203 x 178 x 23 ub 5m. Openings in concrete masonry. Typically when making an opening in a cavity wall two steel beams are used with separate steel beams supporting the inner and outer leaves. The horizontal leg should be at least 1 2 inches wide to support a nominal 4 inch wythe of masonry adequately.

If you install one large steel that picks up a double skin wall you should also install a cavity tray above it. The bearing length at each end of the lintel should be at least 4 inches. Installation of the following steel beams is carried out. The designer is to ensure that the proposed detail adequately ensures that the end of the beam is laterally restrained.