Tie to attach joist to beam above it

Posted by on February 10, 2007, 8:27 pm

>> This has been done for ages to remove bearing walls.

> Could you explain what the advantage is to putting the new beam on top
> of the joists instead of in line with the joists (so the bottoms are
> lined up)? The latter seems much simpler in a variety of ways, but
> perhaps I'm missing something.

If he puts it above, I'm curious how he plans to get the beam up there. Poke
a hole in the outside wall above the ceiling line? Unless the space is wider
than it is long, or there is access from another floor into one end of the
space, it is gonna be hard getting it up there through a joist space.

aem sends...

Posted by mm on February 10, 2007, 1:18 am

>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.

I don't really understand your project, but welding is a lot cheaper
than I imagine it. The guy around here is in a suburban, neighborhood
welding shop. I don't know what the bulk of his work is, but the last
pair of things he welded together for me cost about 10 dollars.
Another guy on the opposite side of town was going to charge about the
same, but I didn't have the parts with me. In my case, the two parts
belonged to me. I suppose he'll charge a bit to provide the steel.

It's good for you to look into this. Maybe you are like me. I always
imagine that something I have never bought before, and that my parents
had never bought, is very expensive. Lucite, foam rubber, welding
were all much cheaper than I imagined. The 6 x 12 piece of lucite I
wanted was a dollar! I thought it would be much more.

Of course in this case, I don't know how complicated the bracket is,
and I could be wrong. :) but check.

>Thanks

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