Hi guys
I’ll be getting 2 steel columns installed for a 6m beam. One will have a pier of masonry on the corner of the existing building. The other will be right in the corner, SE specced it to be 1 leaf of brick + 203 steel. This is aimed to make is as flush to the new extension wall as possible (300mm cavity wall).
Now the question is: SE haven’t specified how the brickwork is tied to the steels, nor are any of the builders making comments on tying the brickwork to steels.
Is it me or is this process relatively obvious? Hence why it’s being omitted by 2 professions?
As per my research, it doesn’t seem to be a simple process given the availability of materials in local builders warehouses.
I would anticipate
1 - welding angled ties into the steel at each course of Block/brick (if so we would need a specialist welder on site)
2 - drilling holes into the steel to attach straps ( would imagine this is not structurally sufficient, and if so would have been factored into the SE designs )
3 - using a clip on brace. Not sold in any of the builders warehouses. Can’t even get them off eBay ( so would also imagine builders will also have trouble getting hold of them )
Considering these factors, I wouldn’t have thought it would be a detail anyone should have omitted, especially the SE considering he’s even factored in where we may need to notch joists, use joist hangers etc. My worry is there is an assumption everything will be left untied to the column. And if so, it doesn’t seem structurally sufficient?
I’ll be getting 2 steel columns installed for a 6m beam. One will have a pier of masonry on the corner of the existing building. The other will be right in the corner, SE specced it to be 1 leaf of brick + 203 steel. This is aimed to make is as flush to the new extension wall as possible (300mm cavity wall).
Now the question is: SE haven’t specified how the brickwork is tied to the steels, nor are any of the builders making comments on tying the brickwork to steels.
Is it me or is this process relatively obvious? Hence why it’s being omitted by 2 professions?
As per my research, it doesn’t seem to be a simple process given the availability of materials in local builders warehouses.
I would anticipate
1 - welding angled ties into the steel at each course of Block/brick (if so we would need a specialist welder on site)
2 - drilling holes into the steel to attach straps ( would imagine this is not structurally sufficient, and if so would have been factored into the SE designs )
3 - using a clip on brace. Not sold in any of the builders warehouses. Can’t even get them off eBay ( so would also imagine builders will also have trouble getting hold of them )
Considering these factors, I wouldn’t have thought it would be a detail anyone should have omitted, especially the SE considering he’s even factored in where we may need to notch joists, use joist hangers etc. My worry is there is an assumption everything will be left untied to the column. And if so, it doesn’t seem structurally sufficient?