Multi story wood structure stud wall plates
Multi story wood structure stud wall plates
(OP)
I think I go around and around with this situation everytime I look at my detail. I have a 4 story wood structure (hotel) that is framed with 2x6 stud walls and 24" deep pre-engineered roof trusses. My questions lies at each level where the stud wall sits on my trusses. I usually provide a 2x6 sill plate that sits on my floor sheathing that sits on a continuous 1 1/2" rim board. The trusses butt into the rim board and sit on a double top plate of my stud wall. How do I analyze this system when transfering my vertical stud loads from above? Is it just and accepted practice just to stick with a single sill plate and a double top plate? I usually don't worry about this but with this being 4 stories and all I probably won't sleep so well.






RE: Multi story wood structure stud wall plates
I would be primarily concerned with the shrinkage issues, and the isolated column pressures though before I would be concerned with the bearing walls. I have seen 95% of the post-construction structural problems in those two areas.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Multi story wood structure stud wall plates
DaveAtkins