Thursday didn't see any framing get done, as I spent the day thinking about the stud / j-bolt conflict while running errands and generally getting done everything I could that wasn't this...
Friday I decided to just get on with what I could, so I started nailing off the first 12' section of wall up to the problem stud. One of the errands I ran the day before was to pick up some drill bits, which allowed me to drill for the 3 j-bolts that pass through this plate. With the holes drilled, I dropped the plate over the bolts to check for fit:
Success! Then I nailed off the first six studs, leaving the 'problem' stud for later.
I was away for the weekend, so I didn't get back out there until today. The first thing I did was to precisely measure the j-bolt locations. I gave the concrete crew a framing schedule and a j-bolt placement spec: "no more than 12' apart, and not more than 6" from each corner." So, they placed the first bolt at 6" from the corner, then put one in every 6' from the edge. If they'd gone 6' from the first bolt everything would have worked out, but they measured from the edge of the slab...
Yup, that meant every one of them is where a stud needs to go!
At least they put in twice as many as minimally required, so I can't complain too much. And as it turns out, they were off by just enough that alot of them miss, but there will be multiple conflicts, probably all the way around. Which made me realize: I should have hit this problem at 6' from the edge; what's up with that?
What's up with that is that I'd accidentally mislocated that stud, thus avoiding the problem. It's not a critical stud location, as the sheathing wont break over that stud; I'll just have to adjust my nailing pattern to compensate.
Luckily, I correctly measured each stud from the end of the plate, rather than marking, measuring another 24", marking, measuring another 24"... All the other studs were correctly marked and placed.
Measuring out the j-bolt locations as installed, I realized I has another problem. The first 16' sill plate would be captured by three bolts; the second would also be captured by three bolts; and the last 4' fill piece would be captured by... none!
There
is a bolt in that corner, but it's 6" from the edge in the wrong direction; it'll capture the end of the adjoining wall, but misses this one. That had me scratching my head, too. Then I had an epiphany; if I just move the 4' section to the middle, I'd have two bolts through the 16'er and one through the 4'er in the middle.
This is what we're aiming for:
With that plan in mind, I started framing from the other end toward the middle. That went quickly, then I came back to that problem stud. You can see that it's close:
The bolt, nut, and fender washer (which I picked up while running around on Thursday) are centered on the edge of the stud. If I hold it back about 3/4" I should be OK.
I decided to nail it on location up top (as I already trimmed the top plate to length and needed stud to nail off the connecting plate to). At the bottom, the stud turned out to have just a bit of twist that worked to my advantage:
Result: first 12' section is framed up:
[continued in next post...]
