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Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

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Does anyone know where I can find a table for wall weight assemblies for light gage studs or wood studs?   

I would think there would be a set of tables (Similar to TEK-14-13A for masonry) that gives 'per foot' weights of different wall assemblies.  This would include a top and bottom track at different stud gages/spacings/sizes for light gage and a double top and bottom plate with different stud spacing/sizes for wood.  

It seems like this would be a useful table to have for quickly calculating the self weight of a wall.  However, I haven't been able to find anything online.  Before a spend time creating a quick spreadsheet using the individual member weights from the AISI manual, etc- I thought I'd check if anyone came across a reference like this.

Thanks for all your input.  

RE: Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

ASCE 7, commentary, section 3.  Pages 262-263 in ASCE 7-05.

RE: Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

(OP)
I'm looking for something with a little more detail than that shown in ASCE 7.  (I have reviewed ASCE 7-02 only - possibly they have updated this to show more detail in the 05 version)

It seems like a manuf or organization would have created some type of spreadsheet or table to detail this information.  

Any other suggestions?  

RE: Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

For years I have used 10 psf - which is probably a bit conservative and no one has ever challenged that.. NO BRICK..

Just wood or steel studs and drywall.  Add up the numbers and I think you will see this is quite acceptable.

RE: Light Gage & Wood Walls - Per foot weights

10 psf multiplied by the wall height.  You can do the calculation yourself, just take your lumber specific gravity into account, account for double top plates, single bottom plates, studs 16" o.c.  You'll find that 10 psf works relatively well.  (This is for wood studs only obviously)

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