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Allowable Racking on Metal Stud and Drywall

Thread starter azogr
Start date Jun 19, 2007

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Jun 19, 2007

azogr

Structural

Hi all! I am trying to determine drift limit for an interior partion wall consisting of metal studs and drywall on both sides. At first glance I assumed it should be H/500 but I could not locate any references that mention studs and drywall specifically. Can you help?

Thanks.