Tie to attach joist to beam above it

Posted by lp13-30 on February 9, 2007, 9:01 am

I imagine what the OP is doing is removing a load bearing wall and does
not want to put the beam in the room, but in the attic instead, above
the rafters/joists. I have seen it done before, but never paid attention
to how it was attatched. First, I would go to the Simpson section
at HD/Lowes and check them out. They have fasteners for nearly every
imagineable use-- may find something that would work. If not, you could
get metal "L" shaped plates with a hole n both parts of them and bolt
one to the joist and one to the beam such that holes in each line up and
hook them together with all thread and nuts. Larry

Posted by Lawrence on February 9, 2007, 10:25 am

> What tie should I use to attach joists to a beam sitting on top of the
> joist. I know I could put it in flush with the joist and just use a
> regular joist hanger , but I would like to put the beam on top. The
> joists are 2x6s and the beam is a 4*12.

Any local welder can fabricate brackets to your specs if you can't
find something on the shelf.

Posted by lp13-30 on February 9, 2007, 11:12 am

Another thing came to mind-- if you look at the Simpson Strongtie stuff
at the box store, see if they have a catalog there where all that stuff
is located.(They do here) Just because HD/Lowes does not have something
doesn't mean that it does not exist-- just may take some extra time and
effort to get it or special order it. Also see if Simpson has any info
on the web. Larry

Posted by Ed on February 9, 2007, 12:53 pm

I don't want to just hang the beam, I want it on top (because I am
removing a wall below and don't want it to show). The beam will be
supported with blocking at both ends, so the beam will still support
the joists. I looked through the simpson site and didn't see anything
that jumped out at me for this.

If I have to, I will inset it and use hangers, but that will be more
work and the 2x6s are old so they are wider then 1.5 inches, so might
not fit a regular hanger. As for the joist size, the joists are
already there and they are just in the attic over a relitivly short
span, so that shouldn't be a problem

Getting a cutoms welded bracket is probably out of my price range.

Thanks

Posted by Tom J on February 9, 2007, 1:03 pm

Ed wrote:

> I don't want to just hang the beam, I want it on top (because I am
> removing a wall below and don't want it to show). The beam will be
> supported with blocking at both ends, so the beam will still support
> the joists. I looked through the simpson site and didn't see
> anything
> that jumped out at me for this.
> If I have to, I will inset it and use hangers, but that will be more
> work and the 2x6s are old so they are wider then 1.5 inches, so
> might
> not fit a regular hanger. As for the joist size, the joists are
> already there and they are just in the attic over a relitivly short
> span, so that shouldn't be a problem
> Getting a cutoms welded bracket is probably out of my price range.

There is pre-drilled angle iron "sticks" 4 to 6 feet long in the big
box stores. Just cut to the length you need and bolt in place.

Tom J

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