Patent ID: 7882665
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A steel house construction configuration, made by constructing a structural framework by assembling vertical frame studs and wall panels prepared by attaching a face member to a wall frame prepared by assembling light gauge channels made from sheet steel into rectangle form erected on a foundation and a floor panel formed by attaching a floor plate to floor joists, characterized in that the walls of an upper story are constructed in the manner that the vertical frame studs provided at intersections of the wall panels and corners are through studs continuing to an upper story, the wall panels for the lower story are disposed along the four sides of a rectangle that constitutes a room of the lower story and connected to the through studs; the upper edges of the wall panels of the lower story on two opposite sides are positioned lower than the upper edges of the wall panels of the lower story on the other two opposite sides the wall panels and a lintel panel therebetween form a doorway opening in the wall of the lower story in at least one of the other two opposite sides, and the floor panel and the wall panels of the upper story are supported on the upper end of the wall panels of the lower story on the two opposite sides and the wall panels of the upper story are connected to the upper end of the wall panels of the lower story on the other two opposite sides while putting the floor plate therebetween.