SHS - Do they sit on sole plate ?

[NewToAllOfThis]

Just had drawings back from timber frame company and it shows a number of SHS ( Square Hollow Section).

They are no diagrams showing how they are fixed, would it sit on the sole plate or is that part cut away and it sits on the block and beam. 

Will it have a plate so that the weight is distributed.

 

[Russell griffiths]

You really need a drawing for this from the engineer 

either your timberframe engineer or another 

it would really depend on what load it is carrying 

i definitely wouldn’t put a steel post onto the sole plate, however if the steel was substituted for a group of timber studs then they would go onto the sole plate, so it needs more clarification from the designer as to the loads imposed on them. 

[SeanDean]

On 21/04/2020 at 00:05, NewToAllOfThis said:

 

Hi @NewToAllOfThis

 

Did you ever move forward with this build, if so it would be great to get some help from you?

I need SHS and UB creating goal post over two separate bi-folds within my timber frame and although I have the structural engineers plans showing the SHS with base plates bolted into my foundations im unsure as to what to do with the DPC at this point.

 

If you did go ahead with your build what did you do at this point regarding the SHS and DPC?

 

 

 

[Faz]

Nothing wrong with a bit of steel mate.  I am brick / block but the principal remains.  Do you really want structural timber below ground?