Upside down Girts?

[dcg9381]

I was helping a buddy this weekend finish the floor on his shop/barndo. It was assembled by a "certified welder" (cough cough) as required by the local authority and a company "well known" for building these buildings in our area.

It's roughly 40x30x16 or so. It has 4 rows of gurts. One of the odd things I noticed is that the 2nd gurt from the bottom - the entire line was installed "upside down". Meaning the "open" side of the gurt faces up.

Anything "technically" wrong with this? It appears to sag a bit more, but could be my brain.



Meaning

 

[chevy3100truck]

any deflection isn't going to be the result of it being installed upside down. I'm sure it's probably not the "right" way, but other than the ability to hold more dirt/debris/moisture, it shouldn't harm anything

 

[dcg9381]

Thanks.

 

[WNYflyer]

Assuming the girt is a channel, tough to tell. Never seen a channel girt toed up (as noted above = debris catcher) unless it was meant to also act as a header for a wall opening. i.e. door, window, louvers, etc. That said for that type of construction girt toed up or down shouldn't matter structurally.

 

[Wrench97]

If it is indeed sagging I'd bet it was bent before it was installed......................

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

That's so you can grab on and pull yourself up to stand on the lower girt and reach **** you sit on the top girt.

 

[Spud McGee]

If it is indeed sagging I'd bet it was bent before it was installed......................

This is my guess too. You hire a welder to put something together, he's gonna show up and weld it.

the company that made my steel trusses let them ship out the door with a warp to them. It was the welding in the manufacturing process that caused them to bow to one side a bit. The crew that put my building up were builders. They know how to straighten out the warped metal prior to putting it up. As builders, they took that as part of the job description.

 

[readhead]

Up or down shouldn’t matter. A good installer would put temporary bracing or strapping to keep all of the girts straight.

 

[jack stand]

My guess is the welder didn't skin the building. This is where an attentive builder would have straightened it out with a 2x4 from the floor and screwed the metal on keeping it straight.
He might have been able to use it in a less noticable location on the building which would have been nice.

 

[dutchgray]

The majority have been installed that way on the buildings I have worked on in the UK.
The only time I see them the other way up is when they are below a window opening.
They do get full up with rubbish and dirt over time.

 

[bb29510]

no, its just something to screw the siding to

 

[larry_g]

What does the assembly print say?
lg
no neat sig line

 

[chad215]

As mentioned before this is very common when the girt is also used for a header for windows or doors. The deflection doesn't really change depending on orientation, although toed down is more typical.

 

[bb29510]

toe up make a good shelf to keep your oil and paint cans

 

[Zeus36]

Scrolling rapidly down the new posts list, my mind read this title as "Upskirts"

 

[drmarkr]

All the garages at our race track are done this way....and not just the second one up. The higher one is the same.

IMO, it's great for shelving! Keeps stuff in place!

 

[Ilikeike]

Cable track.

I normally have seen them this way also, wired lots of warehouses that were like that,Lost tools in there also.
Although, I always wondered why.

 

[vwtrey]

Stupid fat self thought this said grits and I clicked for a new recipe.