Structural · S-W462G

Cold-Formed Steel Stud Top and Bottom Track Connection

Materials

Concrete Steel Cold-formed Steel Timber / Wood

Elements

Walls Shear Walls Anchors / Embeds

Connections

Deck Attachment Embed Plate

About this detail

Cold-formed steel studs are seated inside a fifty-four mil track with a maximum one-sixteenth inch gap, secured by one number ten screw at each stud flange. Two number ten screws spaced at twelve inches on center connect to cold-formed steel, while two powder-actuated fasteners spaced at twelve inches on center with three-quarter inch embedment anchor the assembly to concrete or steel where specified on the shear wall schedule. The track features a minimum four-inch width, with specific centerlines for fastener rows maintained at three-quarter inches and one-and-a-half inches typically, and a minimum three-inch edge distance at concrete. This detail applies to top and bottom tracks of all structural steel stud walls unless noted otherwise, requiring top deflection tracks at non-structural walls.

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