Steel Beam Supporting Cavity Wall Detail

Supporting masonry to comply with eurocode 6 or bs 5628.

Steel beam supporting cavity wall detail.

Steel beam end bearings to be located on substantial load bearing masonry walls or piers. It would be inserted just above the line of the lintel and an end plate would connect back to the steel beam. Walls that face driven rain are particularly vulnerable to water penetration. 1 end of beam built into masonry wall.

If you install one large steel that picks up a double skin wall you should also install a cavity tray above it. Ends of beams can be laterally restrained using one of the following methods. Plan area of bonded masonry supporting steel beam to be greater than or equal to 0 1m. 1no 203 x 178 x 23 ub 5m.

Quite often new openings are created in a wall when a new extension to the house is added. Essentially your large steel prevents the natural gravitational passage of water. Loads steel beams with suspended plates can be used figure 4. 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.

Steel angles should be a minimum of 1 4 inch thick. The designer is to ensure that the proposed detail adequately ensures that the end of the beam is laterally restrained. A steel hanger formed from a 120 x 120 x 10 rsa was designed to sit within the internal leaf of the cavity wall. The bearing length at each end of the lintel should be at least 4 inches.

Installation of the following steel beams is carried out. 2 end of beam fixed to a masonry wall. Openings in concrete masonry. 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.

The horizontal leg should be at least 1 2 inches wide to support a nominal 4 inch wythe of masonry adequately. 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 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. 1no 203 x 178 x 23 ub 3 5m.