Metal stud lengths
Metal stud lengths
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I am working on the design of a theater building. The building will be steel construction with concrete over metal floors and roof. The exterior walls will be non-bearing metal studs with cement plaster finish. The lateral system will be braced frames set inside the exterior walls.
At one area, the walls are 40' tall with a 4' parapet. I will be using wf columns and horiz wind girts to reduce the span of the studs. My questions are:
1) Can you get studs 44' in length?
2) Is this a good or bad idea to use a single stud?
3) Alternatively, I can break the studs at the wind girts with a track top and bottom. Is this better than full height studs?
Thanks for any advice.
At one area, the walls are 40' tall with a 4' parapet. I will be using wf columns and horiz wind girts to reduce the span of the studs. My questions are:
1) Can you get studs 44' in length?
2) Is this a good or bad idea to use a single stud?
3) Alternatively, I can break the studs at the wind girts with a track top and bottom. Is this better than full height studs?
Thanks for any advice.






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Just make sure that if you do so you're not relying on the continuity and you design them as simple spam from girt to girt.
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Dik
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Thanks for the help!