Hello!
I plan to place a steel beam as support under a "syll" (to be able to remove a support wall).
The beam will be placed on a wall made of LECA and another consisting of hollow brick.
How should the gap between the wall and the beam be handled?
(Would fitting wedges or something similar be needed?)
Background / basis .:
1)
The wooden sill already exists.
2)
A "hole" will be created in the hollow brick (on the right) where the beam will be inserted (probably a whole brick - height about 200mm) i.e., about 40mm must be filled on that side.
3)
On the left side, a wall of LECA stone will be built up (distance left to beam?)
4)
Pressing the beam up against the sill will be carried out with a jack and prop.
So far, I don't experience any problems.
But the question remains
How should the gap between the stone walls and the steel beam be handled?
(Load - a guess max 2000kg per wall)
According to the calculations I have done, the load should not be a problem.
I searched and came to the following conclusion (if I have converted and calculated correctly ).:
- Concrete block .: 5MPa (51kg/cm2)
- LECA (Murblock Finja) .: 3N/mm2 (300N/cm2 - 30.6kg/cm2)
If the total load is 4000kg (which I don't think)
The load would be about 7-13kg/cm2 (depending on how deep the setup is)
I don't feel that this will be a limitation.
(If the support under the beam is as deep/wide as the setup)
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