When choosing a supplier, quality materials are a top priority. That’s why Steel-Con steel framing products are manufactured from 100% prime mill certified steel from domestic steel mills.
Applications
- Non-load-bearing exterior curtain walls
- Axial load-bearing interior and exterior walls
- Interior non-load-bearing walls
- Floor joists and headers
- Rafters, purlins, and girts
Steel Framing Sizing
Standard Web Sizes
- 1-5/8″
- 2-1/2″
- 3-1/2″
- 3-5/8″
- 4″
- 5-1/2″
- 6″
- 8″
- 10″
- 12″
- 14″
Flange Sizes
- 1-1/4″
- 1-3/8″
- 1-5/8″
- 2″
- 2-1/2″
- 3″
IBC 2018
Compliant
2017 / 2020
Florida Building Code – Building
6th & 7th Editions Compliant
2017 / 2020
Florida Building Code – Residential
6th & 7th Editions Compliant
Thicknesses and Coatings
| Steel Framing Thickness Table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation Thickness (mils) |
Minimum Thickness (in) |
Design Thickness (in) | Design Inside Corner Radii (in) |
Galvanized Thickness |
Reference Only Gauge No |
| 18 | 0.0179 | 0.0188 | 0.0843 | G40 | 25 |
| 30 | 0.0296 | 0.0312 | 0.0781 | G60 | 20 – Drywall |
| 33 | 0.0329 | 0.0346 | 0.0764 | G60 | 20 – Structural |
| 43 | 0.0428 | 0.0451 | 0.0712 | G60 | 18 |
| 54 | 0.0538 | 0.0566 | 0.0849 | G60 | 16 |
| 68 | 0.0677 | 0.0713 | 0.1069 | G90 | 14 |
| 97 | 0.0966 | 0.1017 | 0.1525 | G90 | 12 |
AISI and ASTM Code Standards
- AISI’s North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members
- A653 – Standard specification for steel sheet, zinc-coated (galvanized) by the hot-dip process
- A1003 – Standard specification for steel sheet, carbon, and metallic-coated for cold-formed framing members
- C645 – Standard specification for nonstructural steel framing members
- C754 – Standard specification for installation of steel framing members to receive screw-attached gypsum panel products
- C955 – Standard specification for load-bearing (transverse and axial) steel studs, runners (tracks), and bracing or bridging for screw application of gypsum panel products and metal plaster bases
- E72 – Standard test methods of conducting strength tests of panels for building construction
- E90 – Standard test method for laboratory measurement of airborne sound transmission loss of building partitions and elements
- E119 – Standard test methods for fire tests of building construction and materials