Any structural Engineers in the house?
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drumsbeloud
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enviro-civil. i took some structural courses in university. what's it to ya?
silverspeed03
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Any of you engineers know of any contractors that use steel casing pipe or plate?
I work for a company called Oil Field Pipe and Supply (OPS sales) and always looking to sell some. Help a fellow member out. lol!!!!!
I work for a company called Oil Field Pipe and Supply (OPS sales) and always looking to sell some. Help a fellow member out. lol!!!!!
Installshield 2
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Mechanical Engineering student still...I have another semester left before I graduate, because of an IT minor...
Installshield 2
Gothenburg Superiority
instructional? .....Structural is what he was asking, I believe...
Installshield 2
Gothenburg Superiority
ha...I get it...at first I was like "what?????"
Ok, now that I have your attention.
What alterations need to be done to a typicle commercial, 16" on center, metal stud wall with 5/8" sheet rock to support a 200 Ib load that can be pulled 36" away from that wall.
I am estimating that the wall will have to be able to hold 800 Ibs to safetly have that load anchored to it.
Typicly in this situation I use a ceiling mount and be done with it but the job demands it be done this way. I am assuming that the wall need to be opened, double wood floor to ceiling studs will have to be installed and anchored across about studs. Then the new studs will need to be blocked together with 3/4" plywood. then that wall can be sealed back up and the load can be anchored to the blocking.
Thoughts?
What alterations need to be done to a typicle commercial, 16" on center, metal stud wall with 5/8" sheet rock to support a 200 Ib load that can be pulled 36" away from that wall.
I am estimating that the wall will have to be able to hold 800 Ibs to safetly have that load anchored to it.
Typicly in this situation I use a ceiling mount and be done with it but the job demands it be done this way. I am assuming that the wall need to be opened, double wood floor to ceiling studs will have to be installed and anchored across about studs. Then the new studs will need to be blocked together with 3/4" plywood. then that wall can be sealed back up and the load can be anchored to the blocking.
Thoughts?
1sty said:
The weak link in a lot of commercial spaces is that the walls don't end at a structure part of the ceiling. You'll need to make sure the top of the wall is stablized in some way. I can't think of an adiquate (read code-approved) way to do that.
COme to think of it, I can't think of a way to hang 200lbs on a moveable wall arm. What device are you using to hang the item in the first place?
1sty said:
You're probably right.
I can gaurantee that there is no way the steel framing will hold anything. The beam are too thin to even get anything to grab adn they flew too easy. We used steel framing for all of the interior wall for our display floor except those that we knew were going to have displays mounted to them and made sure they were done out of standard 2X4 framing with 5/8" ply and 5/8" drywall for strength and sound absorbtion. I'm guessing you are doing a large plasma, around 60", on an articulating arm?
Only thing I can see to do it right is what you said and open up the wall and re-build it.
BTW what brand arm are you using, I've had really good luck with the new Sanus VMDD ones, but they only go out 26".
Installshield 2
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yeah definately a tv installation...Unless these guys want a two foot by two foot plate (at least) anchored into two of the studs at 4 points on their wall; like you said, you better just open the wall up...I am not much of a architectural or structural engineer though...but I can give you the numbers of what that tv will create on that stud, torque wise, if you need it...although pretty much anyone in here can do that...
PlatinumMSP
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i'm a third year civil engineering major concentrating in structures so basically i cant help you with anything for another year haha
