Use and Care Manual

Caps & Bases
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Caps & Bases
MiTek
®
Product Catalog
BC / BCS / C Post Caps
BC – One-piece design for double 2x’s to a 4x post
BCS – One-piece design connects 2-ply or 3-ply
beams to the tops of 4x4 or 6x6 post. Slant nailing
reduces the amount of nails required
C – One-piece design
Materials: 18 gauge
Finish: G90 galvanizing;
BC400-TZ – G-185 galvanizing
Options: See chart for Corrosion Finish Options
Codes: See chart for code references
Installation:
• Place post cap on top of post and fasten cap
to post using specied nails.
• Place beam between top anges of the cap
and install all specied nails into beam.
• BCS – Slant nails must be installed through
dimple holes at a 30° to 45° angle through
the beam into the post to achieve listed loads.
Slant/double shear nails must be used to
achieve listed load values.
Typical C44
installation
Typical BC400-TZ
installation
Typical BCS23-6
installation
C44
BC400-TZ BCS23-6
Post Size Ref. No. W1 W2 H1 H2 L1 L2 Qty Type Qty Type
BCS22-4 BCS2-2/4 18 3-1/8 3-9/16 2-15/16 2-15/16 2-7/8 2-7/8 6 10d 8 10d 865 1065 --
BC400-TZ -- 18 3-1/8 3-9/16 2-3/8 3 3-1/2 3-5/16 10
10d x 1-1/2
HDG
8
10d x 1-1/2
HDG
615 780 580
C44 BC4 18 3-9/16 3-9/16 2-7/8 2-7/8 3-1/4 3-1/4 6 16d 6 16d 925 1105 1105
4 x 4 Rough C44R BC4R 18 4 4 2-5/8 2-5/8 3-1/4 3-1/4 8 16d 8 16d 925 1105 1105
4 x 6 C46 BC46 18 3-9/16 5-1/2 2-9/16 2-5/8 3-3/8 5-1/4 6 16d 10 16d 925 1105 1105
4 x 6 Rough C46R -- 18 4 6 2-3/4 2-3/4 3-1/4 5-1/4 8 16d 10 16d 925 1105 1105
BCS23-6 BCS2-3/6 18 4-5/8 5-5/8 3 3-3/8 3-1/2 4-3/8 6 16d 12 16d 1120 1625 -- --
C66 BC6 18 5-1/2 5-1/2 2-7/8 2-7/8 5-1/4 5-1/4 12 16d 12 16d 1195 2100 2100
6 x 6 Rough C66R BC6R 18 6 6 2-13/16 2-13/16 5-1/4 5-1/4 12 16d 12 16d 955 2210 2210
8 x 8 C88 BC8 18 7-1/2 7-1/2 5 5 7-3/8 7-3/8 16 16d 16 16d 1195 2260 2260
1
)
Allowable loads have been increased 60% for wind or seismic loads; no further increase shall be
p
ermitted.
2
)
BCS23-6: Substitutin
g
16d x 2-1/2" nails for 16d common nails is not
p
ermitted for slant nailin
g
.
3
)
NAILS: 10d x 1-1/2 nails are 0.148" dia. x 1-1/2" lon
g
, 10d nails are 0.148" dia. x 3" lon
g
, 16d nails are 0.162" dia. x 3-1/2" lon
g
.
New
p
roducts or u
p
dated
p
roduct information are desi
g
nated in blue font.
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6 x 6
IBC,
FL,
LA
IBC,
FL,
LA
4 x 4
MiTek USP
Stock No.
Steel
Gauge
Code
Ref.
Corrosion Finish
Dimensions (in)
Fastener Schedule
2,3
Post Beam
DF/SP
Allowable Loads (Lbs.)
1
Uplift
160%
F1
160%
F2
160%
Corrosion Finish
Stainless Steel Gold Coat
HDG Triple Zinc
Corrosion Finish Stainless Steel Gold Coat HDG Triple Zinc
Corrosion
Finish
Stainless Steel
Gold Coat
HDG
Triple Zinc
W2
W1
L2
H2
H1
W1
W2
L2
L1
H2
H1
Raised dimple
allows 30° to
45° nailing
H1
H2
L2
L1
W1
W2
F1
F1
F2
F2
Uplift
F1
F1
F2
F2
Uplift
F1
F1
F2
F2
Uplift