Web packed steel ridge beam
Web packed steel ridge beam
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I just want to see what you guys usually do when you have steel ridge beam on residential project. The hanger of the rafters are face mount so you web pack the steel beam on each side with wood and secure it with what? Is 3/4 thrubolt @ 24 enough? Do you design this bolt like if the wood is spanning from bolt to bolt? Or do you assume it is going to bear on the flange? How do you usually web pack your steel beam?






RE: Web packed steel ridge beam
RE: Web packed steel ridge beam
That said, if I were forced to attach to the web, I would use a shear connection rather than bearing on the bottom flange. The wood would then span from bolt to bolt, similar to other ledger situations.
RE: Web packed steel ridge beam
MillR, do you think it is better to just put 1 row or 2 rows of thrubolts? How do they usually like to pack the web?
RE: Web packed steel ridge beam
If you do use a face mount hanger, I would use a solid piece of wood and bolt it on every two or three feet. The bolt spacing should be calculated based on the wood spanning and the bolt shear. I don't think it matters how many rows of bolts, or whether they are staggered, since they should be spaced adequately laterally.
RE: Web packed steel ridge beam