One of the first steps in building a new house is
Setting the steel beams and columns in the basement and / or crawl
Room. This supports the ceiling joists and usually runs the length of
the house in the middle of the range in most homes. Not only has this system
Support of the bunk, but usually has the weight of the load-bearing walls,
Ceilings, second floor, second floor bearing walls and sometimes
Roofs transmitted down earlier.
The first step is to installScuff plates on the basis
Wall. This gives you a place to nail 2×4 bracing to hold columns and install beams in place while you do. Once in place, the steel brackets that hold up to the ceiling beams are set to take their place nailed.
Before we continue, a word of warning. Homebuilding can be a
hazardous activity. Care and safety are a must in all phases of the
the construction process. Setting Steel definitely falls into
this category. Makers can weigh anywhere from100 to 400 pounds
depending on their size and length. Beams can be lifted into
place manually but I would recommend the use of a crane. Not only
can the beams be put in place safely, but it can also quicken the
process.
With the sill plates in place the steel can be set. One end of
the first beam typically starts in a beam pocket formed into the
top of the foundation wall. The other end sits on top of a lally
column. A typical column is 3 1/2″ in Diameter and filled with
Concrete. It has to be welded a flange at the top with holes in it,
Game holes in the bottom flange of the beam. The beam is reduced
be to the column and then bolted together.
To succeed, I would like to take four people. One to hold the
Beam into the pocket to keep the column, a man on a ladder
nailed to studs and guide the beam to the column and a man
Off bracing to sill plates. Suspenders (2×4) are flat on the
bottom flange of the beam on both sides of the track and then
The scuff plates nailed on opposing walls.
The next beam is now set. With a person who
next column, the next beam is on the new column and reduced the
previous column. Men on ladders lead them into place and lock
down. 2×4 again be used to clamp the beam to the outside
Foundations down. This process is repeated until a GET —
Beam pocket at the other end of theof the building or a column that
ends in an opening.
Beams to keep the level and straight, I want from a dry line using
Beam to beam pocket bag (this can also be performed with a laser).
First I had a nail into the sill plate with the corresponding
Edge of the beam. Most bars run Tasche. If this is the
Case, I'll drive a nail into the disk drive by the bag at the same
Dimension as the first nail, as measured by a common reference point
Point, usually theFront or rear panel threshold. I now have a
Compete with the edge of the reference beam and results
in a straight installation.
Provided the foundation and sill trims are plain, this string
can be used to the steel-bar level (again, a laser can
used). After most of the plants is a ray 2x plate screwed either
or shot with a powder actuated tool, the tip of the beam. This
is to bring them level with the provision and door sills, nailing
forBeams. With a 2x block as a yardstick, then lay it on the
Top of the bar, where he sits on a pillar. This simulates the
Plate that will later be installed. Shim the column until the
Block touches the bottom of the dry line. Repeat this process for each
Column. The columns with steel plates of different shimmed
Thicknesses. These spacers are by the steel supplier.
The next step is the lally columns on the concrete Lot
Pads. With a 4-foot level, the columnsbe developed in Lot
with a sledgehammer. Make sure the steel spacers remain in the
BLOB columns. After all the columns to be explored, groups, the concrete floor can
be cast. This shall take place in the columns.
The next step is to make the bottom frame. Once the beams are
Nailed can be removed rather than all the struts. The beams are now
Operation of the steel in place.
That is like the foundation, setting the steel straight and level
important to have a goodHome.
(c) Mike Merisko www.sawkerfs.com