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    Connection of Steel Brick Lintel (For Support of Brick Weight) to Cold Formed Metal Studs

    Cliff234 - As it stands right now the screw connection will not work. Not for the tension reactions at the screws or the combined tension and shear check from AISI. I don't know whether the EOR checked the concentrated loads from the brick, but I was planning on noting this since that is also...
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    Connection of Steel Brick Lintel (For Support of Brick Weight) to Cold Formed Metal Studs

    KootK, Hokie66 - we were also concerned about the problem of connecting from the 3/8" angle to the thinner stud flange. The EOR suggested that we could predrill the holes in the angle to avoid this issue - I don't believe that they want us to screw from the interior side. I have attempted to...
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    Connection of Steel Brick Lintel (For Support of Brick Weight) to Cold Formed Metal Studs

    I am currently working on a CFMS submittal for a steel framed structure and have encountered a detail provided by the EOR which indicates that the light gauge studs spanning between high and low roof framing shall provide vertical support for the brick veneer along this wall. I have already...

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