Recent content by 25WildBlue

you seen the price of lumber?!?! lol 2x10x12 is like $25...I'd need 6. Locally I can get 12ft 12GA unistrut for like $18 and I'd need 1 plus brackets and hardware. I have a bunch of 2x6 scraps already so would not have to buy any.

Alright, taking a lot of advice from this thread....came up with a new plan. I tried to draw it up quickly to describe what I'm thinking. Going to use a combination of joist packing with 2x6 lumber and unistrut. I have a local metal supplier where its pretty cheap. The picture should describe...

You're right, it is, but its being replaced. It's only being removed for access, and 2x lumber qualifies as fire blocking as well. I'll take care to ensure everything is sealed back up with all penetrations accounted for. I went through this rodeo when I sold my last house (same township)...

That's a pretty slick setup; def giving me some ideas... Yeah, this is also something I've thought about, the only issue is that double I-joist....I can only block on 1 side of it. I could block 1 side, glued and through bolted because I could drill a small enough hole on the doubled side to...

No I can’t spread them. They’re tight. I added the pics on my orig post as attachments, I think those are at least working. I guess a parallam works but that’s $$. Based on pull out strength and weight rating I can find for a specific brand of joist, I’m thinking I have somewhere in the 6000#...

Man. It’s sad I’m a software engineer and can’t post a couple of pics on a forum. I added them all to the original post but the one is tiny. The i joists Are 16” oc, except every other one which is less obviously.

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Yeah, sorry, I'm referring to the ledger board around the perimeter of wall; it will attach to 3 walls. Yes, the joists run perpendicular. Hopefully the images worked; you can see I would only have access to 1 I-joist for adding web stiffeners...I can't span 2 joists because I can't access the...

3 1/2 cu ft cement mixer. PASS I did about 20 fence posts, 2 bags per post, then rebuilt all my single and double vinyl gates with massive 8 bag (50lb) footings and filled posts. Did a large block curb around my shed, etc....probably 100 bags went through this summer and worked great. Get...

I've come here for advice so often, but finally joined. Thanks for all the insight throughout the years and I look forward to sharing more!

I tried to drill ar500 once. It didn't end well. Wound up just buying new plates elsewhere. You'll know if you try to drill for sure.

I've read a few of the threads here and have a pretty good understanding. But thinking I might be going slightly over kill....and need someone to talk me off the ledge. I'm doing a 4ft wide shelf across the front wall of my garage. The "rim" is a 2x6 across the entire 22ft front wall, and 4ft...