Bearing Steel Beam on Old Brick Wall
Bearing Steel Beam on Old Brick Wall
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I've got a client who wants to add a folding partition to his restaurant. We're going to need to support the partition via a steel beam that I have designed.
This beam is going to have to sit on top of an old brick load bearing wall. The wall is 8" thick.
Do you guys use a better detail than this to secure the beam to the unreinforced brick wall.......I've been thinking of having the GC knock out a pocket, oversize the pocket much bigger than the beam, make a concrete or grout bed beneath the beam that's about 1'-4" wide and 8" tall and 8" thick, that can be poured into the wall to interlock with the wall (this grout or concrete bed would have two anchorbolts to secure the beam), then set the beam on the cured concrete bed, then fill-in around the beam via brick and mortar to finish it off.
Is there a better way?
This beam is going to have to sit on top of an old brick load bearing wall. The wall is 8" thick.
Do you guys use a better detail than this to secure the beam to the unreinforced brick wall.......I've been thinking of having the GC knock out a pocket, oversize the pocket much bigger than the beam, make a concrete or grout bed beneath the beam that's about 1'-4" wide and 8" tall and 8" thick, that can be poured into the wall to interlock with the wall (this grout or concrete bed would have two anchorbolts to secure the beam), then set the beam on the cured concrete bed, then fill-in around the beam via brick and mortar to finish it off.
Is there a better way?






RE: Bearing Steel Beam on Old Brick Wall
RE: Bearing Steel Beam on Old Brick Wall
I want the load to be concentric on the wall. I'm going to have the GC take the beam all the way thru the wall to try and get the center of bearing as close to the center of wall as I can.
I hate for the big chunk of wall to be removed in order to install this concrete beam shelf, but I can not think of a good way around it. I've attached the beginnings of the detail. Any comments are welcome.
RE: Bearing Steel Beam on Old Brick Wall