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06-06-01, 10:15 AM

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I am thinking of extending a wall on a side of the stairs to my basement. It appears the the builder attached the top plate of this wall to a steel support beam, but it's hard to tell how. What is the best way of attaching framing studs to a steel support beam ?

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06-06-01, 09:21 PM

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This topic was pretty much beaten to death by the following thread:

http://forum.doityourself.com/showth...threadid=11056

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