SHS-Timber Beam Cleats

SHS-Timber Beam-Top Plate Cleats

SHS Timber Beam-Top Plate Cleats are ideal for supporting timber floor bearers on shs columns.

Either weld, bolt, tek or tek screw and weld to the shs columns.

Generally you should set the top of your shs posts to the underside of bearer less 6mm (or thickness of the top plate angle cleat). Then if vertical adjustment is required simply insert some of the 2, 4 or 6mm packers supplied, between the top of the shs post and the underside of the shs top plate cleat.

Once correct cleat level is established then tek screw 3 off series 500 12g metal teks on each of the 2 faces of the lower shs cleats channel to secure the top plate cleat to the shs post.

View a slide show of the SHS Timber Beam-Top Plates above.

SHS-PFC Beam Cleats

The SHS-PFC Beam cleats are used in verandah beams, roof beams and areas where you need to cater for some extra load and require a galvanised PFC channel beam to connect to an SHS post.

Most Builders will set a laser level for the top of the cleat, then slide the cleat up or down the shs post with 1 hand then use say 3 metal teks series 500 on each of the 2 channel faces to temporarily fix the channel cleat to the shs column, then when all cleats are fixed they will weld with a 5mm CFW down the 2 vertical edges of the shs cleat channel against the shs post. This allows for maximum strength at the cleat connection. Welding is generally used for this connection due to the higher shear loads associated with a steel PFC Beam

These SHS-PFC Beam cleats can aslo be used if the beam is a steel C-Section Purlin.

View a slide show of SHS PFC Cleats above.

SHS-Bracing Rod Cleats

These steel Rod bracing cleats are perfect for sub-floor bracing, and also used in applications of house raising.

Either weld, bolt or tek screw these bracing rod cleats to the shs posts.

Use in combination with the bracing rod clevis to attach the threaded rod brace to the bracing rod cleat with an M16 GR8.8 Galv. Hex Hd. bolt, nut and washer.

View a slide show of the SHS- Bracing Rod cleats types above.

SHS-Steel Angle Bracing Cleats

These steel angle bracing cleats are perfect for sub-floor bracing, steel framed bracing bays for high wind loads, small communication towers etc.

Most Builders will set a laser level for the top of the cleat, then slide the cleat up or down the shs post with 1 hand then use say 3 metal teks series 500 on each of the 2 channel faces to temporarily fix the channel cleat to the shs column, then when all cleats are fixed they will weld with a 5mm CFW down the 2 vertical edges of the shs cleat channel against the shs post. This allows for maximum strength at the cleat connection.

View a slide show of SHS-Steel Angle Bracing Cleats above.