whatever size steel.... it can sit on whatever sized wall it is designed to
100mm bearing is sufficient.
the 150mm statement throws people into panic...
how thick are your walls...
100mm
so how can your steel sit 150mm on a 100mm wall
Ah, I thought I made it clear (in each post), "in the direction of the span", but possibly this was missleading/useless information.
Perhaps the OP had been told that there was a minimum bearing, this is why I mentioned it...
I was trying to illustrate the point that there is no minimum width as it depends entirely on how the structure acts. It could bear on an inch if the beam was the right profile, it was restrained by what was above it, and the pad could take it.[/quot
would love to know the profile that would allow a bearing of an inch and the padstone size....