Splicing metal studs interior partition wall
Splicing metal studs interior partition wall
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I have a client (a contractor) that has built an interior partition wall in a warehouse. They had some 20' laying around and used them to construct a 24' tall wall (height to underside of decking is 24'). Of course 20' is short of 24' and so they spliced a 4' piece to the 20' to get the full height. The spliced with an 18 gauge track. Not sure of screw configuration. He claims they put a slip track in at the top but it doesn't seem like it from the picture. Eventually I will go out and verify this. Anyways, the building inspector wants to cover himself and wants an SE to seal a calculation and drawing specifying the spliced connection. I spoke to the contractor today asking him some questions regarding the slip track and connection. He says that they are going to remove the current screws and splice track and re-install as the sealed drawings specify. I asked him if there was a slip track. He said "don't worry about the slip track we don't need to show it on the drawings"...yea right. I told him I have to include it otherwise axial load may be inmparted on the wall due to roof deflection. Has anyone ever come across splicing of studs like this? The interior loads are pretty low at 5psf and the splice is near the end, but I'm just curious if anyone has done this before.






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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
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ron: did you also use a brace like msquared suggested or did you check the moment transfer through the track and screws (which is minimal 4' from the support).
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