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Connecting a 2x8 joist to 2x4's sandog 01-07-2008
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Posted by sandog on January 7, 2008, 1:13 pm
I'm building a room in my garage.
I'm going to build a platform so that it will be even w/ the rest of
the house. The platform will be about 1 foot off the ground.

The room size will be about 11x14.
Here's the problem/question...
The 2x8 joist on the 14' wall closest to the house will screw into the
2x8 foundation of the house.
The 2x8 joist of the far 14' wall can only connect to 2x4's. How can
I connect this?

It doesn't seem like it would be secure enough to only have the 2x8 be
held into the wall by way of 2x4's.

thanks for any help.
I hope this explaination makes sense.

Posted by Dioclese on January 9, 2008, 8:42 am
> I'm building a room in my garage.
> I'm going to build a platform so that it will be even w/ the rest of
> the house. The platform will be about 1 foot off the ground.
>
> The room size will be about 11x14.
> Here's the problem/question...
> The 2x8 joist on the 14' wall closest to the house will screw into the
> 2x8 foundation of the house.
> The 2x8 joist of the far 14' wall can only connect to 2x4's. How can
> I connect this?
>
> It doesn't seem like it would be secure enough to only have the 2x8 be
> held into the wall by way of 2x4's.
>
> thanks for any help.
> I hope this explaination makes sense.

Long-term, would consider you're tieing into different structures. One, or
both, may walk from the other. Resulting in some some unforeseen amount of
separation. Or, one or both, may walk toward the other. Resulting in
bulging/crowning.
Dave



Posted by sandog on January 9, 2008, 1:16 pm
On Jan 9, 8:42=A0am, "Dioclese" <NONE> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm building a room in my garage.
> > I'm going to build a platform so that it will be even w/ the rest of
> > the house. =A0The platform will be about 1 foot off the ground.
>
> > The room size will be about 11x14.
> > Here's the problem/question...
> > The 2x8 joist on the 14' wall closest to the house will screw into the
> > 2x8 foundation of the house.
> > The 2x8 joist of the far 14' wall can only connect to 2x4's. =A0How can
> > I connect this?
>
> > It doesn't seem like it would be secure enough to only have the 2x8 be
> > held into the wall by way of 2x4's.
>
> > thanks for any help.
> > I hope this explaination makes sense.
>
> Long-term, would consider you're tieing into different structures. =A0One,=
or
> both, may walk from the other. =A0Resulting in some some unforeseen amount=
of
> separation. =A0Or, one or both, may walk toward the other. =A0Resulting in=

> bulging/crowning.
> Dave- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for all the help guys. Some good ideas.

The 2x4 wall is built on a 2 ft cinderblock wall. So what i can do is
put a block on the cinderblocks and then rest my 2x8 on that. Then i
can also screw it into the wall.
That should work out.

I let you know how it goes. again thanks for the help

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