any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
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this is for a very small access platform. size is 4'x4' x 6' high.
we don't show detail and let detailer/fabrication figure out the connection and we've done this a lot of times with no issues.
but I wonder what is the proper connection for this.
we don't show detail and let detailer/fabrication figure out the connection and we've done this a lot of times with no issues.
but I wonder what is the proper connection for this.






RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
It might work, but it wouldn't look good and I wouldn't do it.
RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
Dave
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RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?
Actually I have a colleague who uses a L2.5 x 2.5 "carrier angle" to attach his stringers to his landings (similar detail to KootK's but the L2.5 is welded directly to the stinger). Not something I like, but he has done it that way for years and has submitted many calculations proving that it works.
As others have mentioned, getting a tread to work in a C8 would be difficult. That's why most stairs are C10's and C12's, but if the detailing works, and the sections size works I don't see any problems with using a C8 (I always feel odd sizing a MC12x14.3 on a stair that is 3' long).
RE: any issue with C8 channel stair stringer connecting to angle L2.5 beam?