Hot-rolled steel girts are specified for the same reasons hot-rolled purlins are higher load-carrying ... which consists of the girt s own weight and that of any supported wall materials. Sag-rods are ...

wall siding (Fig. 5.1). FIGURE 5.1: Typical eave strut. Girts, purlins, and eave struts exhibit similar structural behavior. Since most secondary members normally encountered in metal building systems ...