If you need to cut dozens of metal studs and tracks quickly use a circular saw fitted with a toothless carborundum metal cutting blade 7 when cutting individual steel studs or tracks with a circular saw cut on the closed or web side and support the piece tightly on sawhorses.
Steel frame roof construction detail.
To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1.
Additionally each part is subdivided into many parts that show construction details for the various types of buildings fabricated by dean steel buildings inc.
Post frame estimating roof types 8 post frame building details 9 post frameflashings trim 10 13 post frame trim details.
Typical balloon framing detail at joint in studs.
13 30 box gable 13 endlap rain carrying table 14 eaves 15 16 ridges 16 18 gables 18 19 flying gable 20 endwall 21 sidewall valley 22 gambrel transition 23 outside corner 24.
Please note that many details presented in this booklet may not be relevant to the building type you.
While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below.
When a metal roofing sheet.
Aluminum and steel roofing and siding sheets are rollformed from hardened tempered metal for maximum strength.
The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.
And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse.
M1 cabinet blocking detail m2 wiring and piping.
After reviewing the framing and components that make up your building system explore how these 5 primary areas of focus result in 5 advantages your project will benefit from.
R7 roof eave and soffit detail r8 rafter and joist bridging r9 collar tie at rafter detail r10 rafter brace connection detail r11 roof framing with wood tail extension r12 wood truss bearing on steel wall r13 collector block detail r14 non aligned roof wall framing r15 hip beam miscellaneous.
The standard features that make up your metal building system from general steel are second to none when measured on the basis of material quality and ease of construction.
The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.
If a sheet must be bent a gentle 90 degree bend is the maximum recom mended.
Canadian sheet steel building institute lightweight steel framing architectural design guide 6 bottom track top track concrete pour stop or subfloor edge support floor joist axial load bearing stud erection seat only figure 5b.
Metal should not be re bent once it has been formed nor should it be folded back on itself.