Interior Partition Wall Pressures
Interior Partition Wall Pressures
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What kind of pressure difference do y'all get for interior partitions? I have one storey community club & gymnasium project with a 2x8 bearing wall 18 ft high, picking up a fair bit of roof load from two spans, but the wall is interior. I am trying to verify that the combined axial load and lateral bending is not exceeding the stud strength and I am close to the max.
Our code (Canadian) seems to say that the pressures we should use would be the pressure differences between the windward and leeward sides of a building which amounts to about 3 psf max according to my calcs. Does that sound about right?
Our code (Canadian) seems to say that the pressures we should use would be the pressure differences between the windward and leeward sides of a building which amounts to about 3 psf max according to my calcs. Does that sound about right?






RE: Interior Partition Wall Pressures
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I am familiar with the 5psf interior wall load requirement in the UBC, but I have not been able to find a similar requirement in the IBC 2000. Can you provide the section where this is listed?
Thanks,
jt
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