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Ive been dong rough carpentry for about a year so Im still pretty green, but I have picked up a couple useful tips along the way. Right now Im on a project bulding a seven and a half thousand square foot house. We had a ballon wall 23 feet tall and 16 feet long. 2 x 6 walls about 200 sq. ft of 1/2 in. ply and a double 10 ft. microlamb header. Needless to say the damn thing was huge. And heavy. My boss is cheap, no walls jacks, no crane manpower. Im all for grunting and sweating and good hard work, but we were just about on deaths door.
It was on the wall that had the basement stairwell and we had floor trusses running parrallel to the wall. No room to nail on any 2x material. We took the bandiron some plywood stacks and cut about 3 3 foot sections. Right before you sheet the wall, nail on the bandiron to some of the floor
joists and then to the bottom of the plate. We lifted that son of a bitch and it sway and almost come crashing down on us, but that inside edge was perfect on our chalk line when were got it up. Dont know if this is common practice but it really helps us.
Sorry about this thing being so long, but I had to give a good frame of reference. Take it easy.
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Ive been dong rough carpentry for about a year so Im still pretty green, but I have picked up a couple useful tips along the way. Right now Im on a project bulding a seven and a half thousand square foot house. We had a ballon wall 23 feet tall and 16 feet long. 2 x 6 walls about 200 sq. ft of 1/2 in. ply and a double 10 ft. microlamb header. Needless to say the damn thing was huge. And heavy. My boss is cheap, no walls jacks, no crane manpower. Im all for grunting and sweating and good hard work, but we were just about on deaths door.
It was on the wall that had the basement stairwell and we had floor trusses running parrallel to the wall. No room to nail on any 2x material. We took the bandiron some plywood stacks and cut about 3 3 foot sections. Right before you sheet the wall, nail on the bandiron to some of the floor
joists and then to the bottom of the plate. We lifted that son of a bitch and it sway and almost come crashing down on us, but that inside edge was perfect on our chalk line when were got it up. Dont know if this is common practice but it really helps us.
Sorry about this thing being so long, but I had to give a good frame of reference. Take it easy.
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Learn quick about taking chances and do a search for a post by Jim at Great White about helping some cheap, strong goofballs stand a wall up. If you plan on doing this for a living, use your head before your back.
And best of luck to you.