Light-gauge framing products featured in Metal Architecture’s July 2021 issue.
Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Solutions
Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Solutions’ SimpleSoffit Drywall Framing System is a prefabricated grid to build drywall soffits in complex configurations. Custom-made SimpleSoffit main runners are produced with notches based on framing dimensions and design specifications. Applications include light coves, perimeter pockets, curved soffits, boxed soffits and multi-step soffits.
armstrongceilings.com/simplesoffit
ClarkDietrich Building Systems
ClarkDietrich’s 360TRAK framing is used to build curves, bends and variable radii for walls, bulkheads, non-load bearing partitions and ceilings. Adjustable leg straps slide through pivoting brackets, allowing the track to contour to curves. The leg straps are flexible enough to curve, but maintain their shape during installation.
www.clarkdietrich.com/products/360trak#installation
Knight Wall Systems Inc.
Knight Wall Systems’ ThermaZee is a rainscreen girt that reduces thermal bridging. It has a hollow, thermal isolation strip attached to its back leg. Its web’s punch pattern has a reduction in metal penetrating the insulation, which decreases heat-flow through the girt. The girt is reinforced with notched bends and stiffening lips around the punches.
MRI Steel Framing LLC
MRI’s 20-gauge stud and track are manufactured true to gauge with full, 20-gauge thickness. The stud and track come in 30- and 33-mil thicknesses. Web sizes range from 1 5/8 inches to 16 inches and flange lengths are from 1 1/4 inches to 4 inches.
Telling Industries LLC
Telling Industries’ VersaDry drywall track system protects walls from water damage by allowing drywall to sit 2 inches off the floor on a steel shelf. The shelf mitigates wicking of water during construction and the life of the building. The galvanized steel framing is available in two sizes: a two-piece design with a variable sized web and one-piece design in 3 5/8, 4, 5 1/2 and 6 inches.
