Raman Sridharan
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Hi,
Ive noticed that the sill plate on my 2 story house has some water damage. I want to replace it and am looking at what the best way to support the load is. The ceiling is 14+ft tall in this area, so cant build a frame to support the ceiling directly.
Basically the structure looks like this visualization:
Looking to do something like this, for each of the horizontal 2x4s that make up the sill plate; and replace them one at a time. Using a 2x8 nailed to the vertical 2x4s, and wedge multiple 2x4s under the horizontal 2x8 to support the load:
I would probably nail the 2x8 at least 3-4ft high; so the angled load support 2x4s dont sit at too high an angle.
Or, a slightly different better idea using 4x4s and jacks (using 4 screws to join the 4x4s to each other). I worry that the off center force applied by the jacks will increase the stress on the screws joining the large 4x4 to the 2x4s though.
Any thoughts or suggestions about this?
Thanks
Ive noticed that the sill plate on my 2 story house has some water damage. I want to replace it and am looking at what the best way to support the load is. The ceiling is 14+ft tall in this area, so cant build a frame to support the ceiling directly.
Basically the structure looks like this visualization:
Looking to do something like this, for each of the horizontal 2x4s that make up the sill plate; and replace them one at a time. Using a 2x8 nailed to the vertical 2x4s, and wedge multiple 2x4s under the horizontal 2x8 to support the load:
I would probably nail the 2x8 at least 3-4ft high; so the angled load support 2x4s dont sit at too high an angle.
Or, a slightly different better idea using 4x4s and jacks (using 4 screws to join the 4x4s to each other). I worry that the off center force applied by the jacks will increase the stress on the screws joining the large 4x4 to the 2x4s though.
Any thoughts or suggestions about this?
Thanks
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