How To Build A Support Beam In Attic

If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light storage you can install inch plywood or.

How to build a support beam in attic.

Wall removal and hidden beam in attic remodeling contractor talk. Cut an opening in the ceiling and walls on either side of the beam location that gives you room to hammer in joist hangers. Lay the other board for the beam on top of the plywood. Place the plywood strip on the board for the beam.

Attic joists for live loads. If the attic is being finished for living space these pieces called scabs can be installed flush with the trusses to provide areas for sheetrock or paneling to be nailed to. You also need to ensure that the joist spacing is adequate. After you ve settled on a beam size build temporary walls on both sides of the bearing wall.

Wide opening total will give you room to work and allow you to patch the opening with a sheet of drywall. Joist dimensions are only part of the equation. Attic joists that are made from 2x8s may be acceptable for building your attic floor but because every room is variable there are no absolutes. Pieces of 2 by 4 inch lumber are placed between the trusses underneath the decking to keep trusses straight.

Cut the 8 foot plywood strips 1 4 inch shorter than the two boards for the support beam. Tie in the support beam. At the ends use metal hurricane straps to connect the beam to the jack studs. Tie in the support beam to the jack and king studs and to the ceiling joists.

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