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Hi, i am installing a log cabin and buiidng a timber frame resting on a timber post, which will be resting on a concrete slab.
As i look at the log cabin, the dimensions left to right will be 3.3m, and from front to back, 2.3m.
My plan is this:
1. Laminate / double up 2x6 timber around the perimeter.
2. once level and square and sat on posts, i will install 2x6 joists at 400m centres, working from left to right across the structure.
My question is this:
I plan on running lengths of timber (2x6") from front to back (2124mm internal measurement), hanging on joist hangers either side (one at front of frame, one at back). I will also use noggins.
Will these joists be okay in 1 length (ie. will the frame support it, bare in mind log cabin weight will be on outer perimeter of frame) or do i need to install another piece of timber from left to right, halfway into the frame, therefore making the joists from front to back 2x1062mm instead of 1 x 2124mm?
Cheers
As i look at the log cabin, the dimensions left to right will be 3.3m, and from front to back, 2.3m.
My plan is this:
1. Laminate / double up 2x6 timber around the perimeter.
2. once level and square and sat on posts, i will install 2x6 joists at 400m centres, working from left to right across the structure.
My question is this:
I plan on running lengths of timber (2x6") from front to back (2124mm internal measurement), hanging on joist hangers either side (one at front of frame, one at back). I will also use noggins.
Will these joists be okay in 1 length (ie. will the frame support it, bare in mind log cabin weight will be on outer perimeter of frame) or do i need to install another piece of timber from left to right, halfway into the frame, therefore making the joists from front to back 2x1062mm instead of 1 x 2124mm?
Cheers