Beam sitting on end of wall
Beam sitting on end of wall
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Hi,
I have a window lintol sitting onto a 100mm wall 90 degrees to the wall. But....It's at the end of the wall though. I'm not comfortable with the detail as the load spread is only in 1 direction. Anyone do this before??
Thanks.
I have a window lintol sitting onto a 100mm wall 90 degrees to the wall. But....It's at the end of the wall though. I'm not comfortable with the detail as the load spread is only in 1 direction. Anyone do this before??
Thanks.
RE: Beam sitting on end of wall
1) What (material) type of wall is it?
2) What is the height of the wall?
3) What are the vertical load from the beam and any lateral loading out of plane to wall (axial along beam)?
4) What is the width of the beam?
Whether it will work or not depends largely on how much of the wall is needed to support the beam load and whether the local region of the wall is able to distribute the load to that required length.
Rod Smith, P.E., The artist formerly known as HotRod10
RE: Beam sitting on end of wall
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RE: Beam sitting on end of wall
2) I have done this.
3) As to whether or not it's okay, let the numbers be your guide.
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Having thought a bit more about it I'm going to reduce the window width and creat a 200mm end bearing for the lintol. I'm going to use a heavy duty lintol which is effectively a UB.
Cheers.