SlipTrack Vs. Slotted Track, what's the difference? 1

[Revv]

Hey guys,

I'm using Simpson CFS designer on some partition walls and just was wondering what the difference is between a sliptrack and a slotted track? When I try to look it up it seems like they're the same thing?

Thank you!

 

[phamENG]

Slip track is generic. A slotted track is a kind of slip track that uses low friction inserts that you can drive screws through to hold each stud while still allowing vertical movement. Specifically, CFS designer is referring to the use of a deep leg track with no slots that the stud floats in (no screws). You use a line of bridging in the upper 12" of the studs to brace them in the plane of the wall, and the deep leg track braces them out of plane through bearing.

 

[Revv]

@phamENG OK thank you I think I'm following, but when you say CFS designer is referring to the use of a deep leg track with no slots, you're saying both of those are a track with no slots? So does it not offer an option for a slotted drift/deflection track? I know these exist

 

[phamENG]

I'm saying that what CFS designer refers to as a "slip track" has no slots. It does offer an option for slotted tracks.

Colloquially, most engineers refer to any track that allows vertical movement as either a deflection track or a slip track, whether it has slots or not.