Patent ID: 8458972

Claim:
A method for installing a wall section having vertical wall studs and a top header extending along like top ends of the wall section, in a frame structure having a plurality of floor joists or roof trusses extending above the wall section, including the steps of: providing a plurality of fastener assemblies, each having a threaded fastener extending through a rigid sleeve member; forming a plurality of holes extending vertically through the top header of the wall section, each hole being generally aligned with one of the floor joists or roof trusses; extending the rigid sleeve member of one of said fastener assemblies vertically and slidably through each of said holes and through the top header of the wall section and driving the respective threaded fastener through the rigid sleeve member into the aligned floor joist or roof truss while also setting a predetermined spacing gap between the floor joist or roof truss and the top header of the wall section, whereby said threaded fasteners are anchored in the floor joists or roof trusses and the wall section is supported, and said spacing gap accommodates vertical deflection of said frame structure without impinging on and loading the wall section.