light gauge steel strap bracing
light gauge steel strap bracing
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How do you ensure that light gauge diagonal straps remain taught under the dead load? Is it sufficient to just weld the strap to each stud, or do you have to pretension it? If you have to pretension it, how do you do that?
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RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
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RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
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Les McGrath
RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
Here is a web site that I ran across that might help. Looks like some pretty good information.
http://www.ssma.com/technical_library.htm
RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
I am going to put a board directly to the metal studs so they should be like countersunk screws , or is it a common practice to drill and pop rivet these straps if the board is going to be applied on the frame ?
RE: light gauge steel strap bracing
The proper screw for counsinking material to metal stud is called a "bugle head tek screw".