installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
(OP)
I want to place a beam across my garage, which will be insignificantly loaded. (light bulb in the middle, and a "shelve" for some long wooden beams that will be stored near the wall, not in mid-span).
Length across is = 13 ft. Walls are brick, sturdy enough to take a shear load but I don't want moment connections.
I've got the beam (see sketch in attachment), so I'd like to use that one.
What would be a good way to detail the end connections? As it must be placed inbetween two existing walls, it must be able to take up some slack.
I was thinking of welding a vertical/perpendicular piece of plate onto both (left and right end) plates that will be bolted to the walls, and fastening the beam to those plates (those will slide into the HSS) using self-drilling screws.
I don't know of any other accepted ways, somebody cares to share his/her thoughts?
Length across is = 13 ft. Walls are brick, sturdy enough to take a shear load but I don't want moment connections.
I've got the beam (see sketch in attachment), so I'd like to use that one.
What would be a good way to detail the end connections? As it must be placed inbetween two existing walls, it must be able to take up some slack.
I was thinking of welding a vertical/perpendicular piece of plate onto both (left and right end) plates that will be bolted to the walls, and fastening the beam to those plates (those will slide into the HSS) using self-drilling screws.
I don't know of any other accepted ways, somebody cares to share his/her thoughts?






RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=beam+hangers&...
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RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
I see worse posts than mine that get answered, I didn't even think mine was that bad.
Thanks for the link, I knew about those beam hangers but I thought they were to be used with wooden beams only. I have absolutely zero experience with residential buildings, but I know how to calc a beam as I do basically the same thing, but building machines instead of houses.
So, if someone else cares to answer, there are no problems using those hangers with HSS (1 1/2 x 5) ?
BTW, it appears I've forgotten to upload the sketch in my previous post, so here it is:
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
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RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
and I have an overhead crane right above my two-post lift, if my neighbour decides he wants to hang anthing of a beam, he has plenty of choice 20 ft further into my garage. he even has a crane. But again, I don't have to worry about that, as I generally don't invite people in there.
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
- Even with a shear connection, you're still going to transfer some bending moment into the brick wall. For one, because your connection will not be a perfect pin. And for two, you're loading the wall eccentrically.
- If the load on the beam is insignificant, why do you need a steel beam to span 13'? Why not use timber? For looks?
- You could put a post on each side of the cabinet and then a short beam across to carry the main beam if you wanted to avoid fastening to the brick.
Again, I know nothing of your brick wall. Its possible you could fasten to the brick wall, hang a truck from your beam and not have a problem. Personally, I would avoid fastening into the brick if at all possible.
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?
RE: installing beam inbetween two brick walls?