Elevator Guide Rail Supports
Elevator Guide Rail Supports
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The contractor on one of the jobs I am involved in is proposing to use metal studs in the shaft wall to provide support for the elevator guide rails. Has anyone seen this approach before. On all my previous projects we ended up providing steel tubes that were designed for appropriate loads and deflection. I am a little skeptical about making studs do all the work. Can anyone throw some light on this? Thank you.
The contractor on one of the jobs I am involved in is proposing to use metal studs in the shaft wall to provide support for the elevator guide rails. Has anyone seen this approach before. On all my previous projects we ended up providing steel tubes that were designed for appropriate loads and deflection. I am a little skeptical about making studs do all the work. Can anyone throw some light on this? Thank you.






RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports
RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports
RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports
RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports
By the time you design and detail the metal stud columns, they could have already installed the tube steel.
I run into this all the time. I am working on a job currently where the EOR forgot to design a piece of 30 ft. span tube steel to resist the wind load of a 19' tall wall and to carry the weight of the wall above the storefront. Rather than admit her mistake, she is forcing the light gage sub to construct a 30 ft. span header out of 14" material. Certainly, it can be done but it is so impractical that it is ridiculous.
It would make more sense for the light gage sub to simply pay for the tube steel but they don't see it that way. Just me fee to design it would likely cover half of the material costs.
RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports
So true... it will be cheaper and faster in the long run to install the tubes... Just make sure you think about fire rating... Also, how are you going to use anything but shaftwall studs within an elevator for your 1hr or 2hr rating? A shaftwall CH stud is no heavier than 20 gauge.. good luck getting those to fly if you have any significant floor to floor height... plus how do you make the connection work to 20 gauge.. This is just a bad idea all around.
RE: Elevator Guide Rail Supports