Posted by carpenter on March 18, 2014 at 16:22:56 from (98.240.173.82):
In Reply to: building storage loft posted by redblood on March 18, 2014 at 07:25:13:
Redblood. All these responses sound like a school lunchroom. Everyone has a different idea of what you are planning. Using the word beams when they mean joist, etc. I cant tell what your planning or what they are suggesting. This is as simple of a building project as it gets. Don't overthink it.
Use dimension lumber all 2*8 or 2*10 including headers. It will be much easier for you to work with. Hanger the ends because you don't have great nailing skills.
Lumber has a tremendous capacity to be overloaded.
Run your 3/4 inch sheeting across the joist not with it. Takes the same amount of lumber is stronger and faster.
It wont collapse as long as you properly attach the rim joist on the 30 foot wall.
Its not for grain storage.
If you use three post on the open end you will have five bearing points and four seven foot spans. That's a lot of support.
Build a stairway or its not worth it. That last part is opinion the rest is fact.
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