Found a steel rail in brick wall?

[Andreas Kneg]

Hello

We took down a wall according to best practices and installed new beams. However, when we dismantled the underlying structure, we found a steel track. It doesn't really feel like it could be load-bearing, too thin and weak for that. Possibly stabilizing during the construction phase. What is this?

 

[Plupp 405730]

Apparently, there are bricks above, so it does support the masonry in the wall.

 

[BigR]

Thin and weak? It looks like a sturdy H-beam?

 

[DennisN]

Ts means the iron that goes under the beam he has mounted. Could it be meant to absorb tensile forces in some way is my thought?

 

[Plupp 405730]

Yes, I missed it, yes it looks like a dragjärn..

 

[Claes Sörmland]

Thinking the same. Holding together the (outer) walls on the sides by taking tensile forces?

 

[HenrikHuslöse]

Is the steel strap perhaps to hold the wall together in tension? If so, it is probably intended as reinforcement so that the wall does not crack.