How
to build a corner with two different size cavity walls?
Assemble a 6 1/4" cavity block and two 4 1/4" cavity blocks
and place two of the different size blocks up against each other
at thief ends. Next set the other 4 1/4" block on top of the
block of the same size. Align the larger cavity block by sliding
it to a desired position and move the top smaller cavity block to
a desired position. Ideally you want the exterior side studs that
are exposed internally to be midway in the cavities to provide maximum
support for the corner as shown in Diagram
1.
Mark the panels and cut them. Insure that there are three bridges
in place in the fist two stud positions from the corner for each
cavity wall as shown in Diagram
2.
Use a hook bridge to engage the internal studs that are exposed
in the corner and with a zip tie loop the hook bridge and horizontal
bridge together level and pull snug as shown in Diagram
3.
Caution: Make sure not to pull too snug, so that you do
not pull the corner out of place. Repeat this procedure for the
remaining 5 receivers of the studs.
Center the exterior and interior metal corners and attach to the
corresponding studs beneath the met al (shorter screws will allow
you to remove the metal corner to expose the polystyrene. For additional
strength a 1/4" bit of proper length can drill a passage from
the interior corner to the exterior corner to allow a 1/4"
all thread rod of proper length to be pushed through corresponding
holes of each corner as shown in Diagram
4.
On the exterior side a piece of angle iron of desired length with
a center hole can be secured with the all -thread rod and proper
fasteners for added surface area support. Internally a 1 1/4"
dowel about 6" long with a 3/8" hole in the center to
act as a washer that can be pivoted to adjust for the varying diagonal
angle for different size cavities from the internal to external
metal corners as shown in Diagram
5.
You can duplicate this
process for each corner of the same size. The only step left is
to cut them to size to stagger the vertical seam going up the wall.
The builder can use the vertical and horizontal bridges to lock
these corners together and with the wall.
Comment:
You need to determine how strong the corner needs to be for the
size cavities that are being used. You can make these corners exceptionally
strong.
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