Gyp Board Panel Shearwall on Metal Stud Wall
Gyp Board Panel Shearwall on Metal Stud Wall
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Okay, I'm trying to find out if IBC will allow a metal stud wall sheathed with gyp board to resist the seismic forces from a concrete slab.
Both the 2003 and 2006 IBC state that a wood stud wall sheathed with gyp is not allowed to do this.
2003 IBC has Section 2211 Cold-Formed Steel Light-Framed Shear Walls which doesn't say that it can't be done.
2006 IBC eliminated Section 2211 and directs you to the AISI spec.
Does anybody have any experience or knowledge about this?
Both the 2003 and 2006 IBC state that a wood stud wall sheathed with gyp is not allowed to do this.
2003 IBC has Section 2211 Cold-Formed Steel Light-Framed Shear Walls which doesn't say that it can't be done.
2006 IBC eliminated Section 2211 and directs you to the AISI spec.
Does anybody have any experience or knowledge about this?






RE: Gyp Board Panel Shearwall on Metal Stud Wall
Is there any reason anybody can think of why it would be allowed for metal studs and not for wood studs?
RE: Gyp Board Panel Shearwall on Metal Stud Wall
RE: Gyp Board Panel Shearwall on Metal Stud Wall
The walls are built and have yet to be sheathed, the floor joists and decking are in place, and the slab has yet to be poured.
Northern Alabama isn't that much of a seismic region. The slab's not that thick (3" total) but you add the partitions and 25% of the storage, and now it's got some weight to it. I believe a layer of gyp on each side of the walls works (just barely, there are a lot of long walls) by the numbers but am still not sure it's allowed by IBC.
Section 2211 in IBC 2003 only gives one rated wall type for gyp on metal studs and that's for Wind. It doesn't give any rated wall type for gyp on metal studs for Seismic. Compare that to Section 2306 that gives 20+ different rated wall types for gyp on wood studs for both Wind and Seismic.