Wall Bearing Steel Framing

Load bearing wall construction by marty williams with an introduction and conclusion by bill soldano the nineties will witness a marked increase in the demand for steel framed load bearing systems.

Wall bearing steel framing.

Our work typically includes the entire enclosure structure above the foundation or podium except for concrete stair and. Wall bearing steel framing system. These load bearing walls are usually built in masonry but they can be of reinforced concrete too. The framework is usually of steel or reinforced concrete but in small usually single storey structures they may be of timber or even aluminium.

The future of framing is here we re extremely efficient at framing houses nowadays but the way we frame them is extremely inefficient. Item 61149 model 226707. We take an integrated system approach to load bearing cold metal framing for wall panels floors and roof systems. Structural walls the structural design of the building should ensure adequate resistance to loadings including dead loads imposed loads wind loads and snow loads in accordance with.

Cemco offer both viperstud and viper x west coast only interior non load bearing framing products. The answer is load bearing cold formed steel framing cfs. These lightweight studs are designed for stud wall framing interior nonweight bearing walls walls that don t support floors or the roof. Wall bearing should be adequately strong to not only be able to carry vertical reactions but also to resist any imposed horizontal loads.

Guidance can be found in section 6 3 of sci publication p402 light steel framing in residential construction. If you can t find steel studs at your home center or lumberyard check with suppliers that cater to builders look in the yellow pages under dry wall equipment and supplies. In a wall bearing steel framing structure building wall whether it is interior or exterior is used to carry the end of structural members that support floor or roof loads. Wall tech is a cfs enclosure contractor.

3 2187 in w x 120 in l x 0 875 in d galvanized steel metal stud. In the load bearing structure the wall itself is load bearing. Clarkdietrich cold formed c studs produced to astm c955 standards for axial load bearing and curtain wall framing are pre punched with knockouts at regular intervals specifically designed to allow for rapid installation of pipes electrical conduit and wall bridging.