All, I apologize of this is a dumb question, but asked my inspector and he didn’t seem to care either way. So I know top plate seams must overlap by at least 12”, but what about the sill plate and the wall bottom plate? I’ve got a 2x8 pt sill plate over my concrete stem wall, and then will have a 2x6 wall bottom plate (all 2x6 framing) sitting on the sill plate. On my back wall I used 16’ pt lumber for my sill plate, but also want to put my wall up in 16’ sections as its 32’ across. So the wall seam would end up within 1-2” of my sill plate seam. Is this an issue, or should I cut back the sill plate so the seams are further apart?
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Sill Plate vs Bottom Plate seams
- Thread starter Smitty75
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as long as your anchor bolts go thru the bottom stud plate I don't think it matters
why didn't you just use PT for your bottom stud plate?
why didn't you just use PT for your bottom stud plate?
as long as your anchor bolts go thru the bottom stud plate I don't think it matters
why didn't you just use PT for your bottom stud plate?
I wanted a 2x8 to cover the tops of the blocks and clean up the look a bit, but also didn’t want 2x6 studs with a 2x8 bottom plate. Thought I would get weird looks from the inspector. And they used anchor straps which will be drilled through and folded over the mud sill, but not over the wall bottom plate.
firebirdparts
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Overlapping on the floor doesn't do anything.
Toolfool
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I've only dealt with poured concrete foundations, but code always required mud sill to be anchored within 6" of every end and no more than 4' between any bolts. So each mud sill seam would have anchor bolts within 12" of each other and no need to stagger a wall plate over that.
mcbane
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I've only dealt with poured concrete foundations, but code always required mud sill to be anchored within 6" of every end and no more than 4' between any bolts. So each mud sill seam would have anchor bolts within 12" of each other and no need to stagger a wall plate over that.
This, and make sure each length of sill plate has at least 2 bolts in it. You dont want a 6" chunk with a single bolt or no bolts, even if the bolt spacing requirement is met.
theoldwizard1
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Overlapping on the floor doesn't do anything.
Double floor plate might have been common at one time, but you don't see them any more !
I've only dealt with poured concrete foundations, but code always required mud sill to be anchored within 6" of every end and no more than 4' between any bolts. So each mud sill seam would have anchor bolts within 12" of each other and no need to stagger a wall plate over that.
I thought it was no more than 6’ between and within 12” of an end?