Bedding wall plate directly on steel PFC

[BadgerBadger]

Our garage has steel PFC that forms a lintel over an approx 2.4m opening.  The wall plate is running directly above it, and drawings make no mention on how this is attached.  Can it just be bedded on mortar in exactly the same way as it is on the adjacent masonry, or does it need a bolted connection?

[Canski]

Yes you can bed it on mortar first but it will either have to be bolted directly to the steel or fixed with restraining straps to the face of the steel.

[ETC]

Why would you bed it in mortar?
 

I would normally see the wall plate bolted to the top of the beam and not mortared.

 

Check with your architect/SE but I would expect the bolt fixings to be staggered.

[nod]

I always bolt while the steel is on the floor Don’t use any mortar or packings 

[nod]

  On 11/04/2023 at 21:12, nod said:

I always bolt while the steel is on the floor Don’t use any mortar or packings 

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Apologies for the photo 35C hottest day of the year in bright sunlight 

The Timbers are bolted every 600 Alternating between sides