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marsaday
I have a few questions about joists and how to hang them in a loft conversion.
I have established which way i can hang the joists now and so there will be 2 spans in the area - 3.1m and 3.25m. I will be using the party wall and gable wall to hang off and then using the central spine wall.
i have been told 8 x2 joists will be fine (even though it looks like 6's would be fine).
Anyway i plan on bolting joists to the party and gable walls. i will hang joists off these with joist hangers.
1) is this the best way to go?
2) How do i actually bolt the joists to the walls? by this i mean how do i complete this task? is it a case of doing one bolt one and and then another bolt at the other and then drilling right through for the rest?
3) do the bolts go 4" into the wall and 2" through the joist. So needing 6" bolts or will 7" be better. The walls are solid 2 course of brick.
4) can you buy double joist hangers for where you bolt 2 joist together?
thanks
I have established which way i can hang the joists now and so there will be 2 spans in the area - 3.1m and 3.25m. I will be using the party wall and gable wall to hang off and then using the central spine wall.
i have been told 8 x2 joists will be fine (even though it looks like 6's would be fine).
Anyway i plan on bolting joists to the party and gable walls. i will hang joists off these with joist hangers.
1) is this the best way to go?
2) How do i actually bolt the joists to the walls? by this i mean how do i complete this task? is it a case of doing one bolt one and and then another bolt at the other and then drilling right through for the rest?
3) do the bolts go 4" into the wall and 2" through the joist. So needing 6" bolts or will 7" be better. The walls are solid 2 course of brick.
4) can you buy double joist hangers for where you bolt 2 joist together?
thanks