MortarThePoint Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 The image below shows an area of metal frame under a steel beam that includes two wide doorways. The blockwork opening is 3.6m wide. The door openings are something like 1.5m each meaning the Pillar is just 600mm or so wide. I'm planning to use 90mm metal frame and can probably only glue (CT1) the track at the bottom to the concrete floor due to pipes and membrane. I had thought to make the Pillar as strong as possible so ordered some I-studs as well as plenty of C-studs. Thinking about it again, I'm now thinking that making the pillar really rigid may be a bad idea as that would increase the force transferred to the small area of track at the bottom when the pillar gets knocked or a door slams. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortarThePoint Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 @Gus Potter What do you make of the logic here? Do you think it would be beneficial to have the pillar less rigid, so not use the I-Studs? (Note: image says 146mm M.F. but its going to be 90mm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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