Top angle connection details anchor units to various wall backing types including steel stud, wood stud, and concrete or masonry walls. Connections to steel utilize a fourteen gauge by three inch long clip angle fastened with one number eight screw to the backing and one number eight screw to the anchored unit. Connections to wood incorporate wood framing with blocking and a number eight wood screw. Connections to concrete or masonry rely on a one-quarter inch diameter Simpson Titen HD screw anchor with a two-and-a-half inch embedment per ICC ESR-2713.
FIGURE A-25 TOP ANGLE CONNECTION 1/4" ⌀ (6.35 mm) SIMPSON TITEN HD SCREW ANCHOR 2-1/2" EMBEDMENT (ICC ESR-2713), TYP. CONCRETE OR MASONRY WALL BY STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS TO CONCRETE CONNECTIONS TO WOOD CONNECTIONS TO STEEL #8 WOOD SCREW 14 GA. (1.98 mm) x 3" (76.2 mm) LONG CLIP ANGLE WITH ONE (1) #8 SCREW TO BACKING AND ONE (1) #8 SCREW TO UNIT WOOD STUD WALL BY STRUCTURAL STEEL STUD WALL BY STRUCTURAL UNIT TO BE ANCHORED UNIT TO BE ANCHORED UNIT TO BE ANCHORED BLOCKING PER FIGURE A-24 BLOCKING PER FIGURE A-24 1" (25.4 mm) MIN. PENETRATION 1-1/4" MAX. (31.8 mm) VARIES AS REQUIRES
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