I’m shearing the cripple walls in my garage – built sometime after 1913. The cripple wall is 3′ tall and sits on top of a 4′ high foundation.
It has three top plates. The bottom top plate is in the same plane vertically as the sole plate. The middle and top top plates are out of plane (+/-) 1/4″ to 1/2″.
The bottom top plate is made up of two long pieces (10′ each) while the other two plates are made up of several 3′ and 4′ sections.
As long as the top plates are all securely fastened to each other does it matter to which of the top plates I attach the plywood?
Thanks
Matt
Also – does anyone know why it would take so long for the pages to load on this site – its painfully slowwww.
I’m on Safari if that matters
Thanks
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its painfully slowwww
Yes it is.
Been getting worse for the past couple days. If you can think of anyone to tell, be my guest.
Cripple wall, never heard of that, local jargon?