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1. 
   stevent1 | Jun 22, 2007 12:44pm | #1

   Lou,

   I set the joists on the mud sill. Sheath, then walls. What are you building?

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   Chuck S

   live, work, build, ...better with wood
2. 
   Matt | Jun 22, 2007 02:03pm | #2

   no

3. 
   dukeofwsu | Jun 22, 2007 05:41pm | #3

   No, but sometimes its easier to fasten your plates down and then tilt up a wall with another bottom on it.

   Use good nails (stainless) for your treated connections.
4. 
   SamT | Jun 22, 2007 05:55pm | #4

   No.

   But?

   What's it going to do to your wall height?

   SamT

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   user-144854 | Jun 22, 2007 06:27pm | #5

   Well, "have to" is not necessarily the same as "would you".  In the common circumstance (say, a garage) where a 2x6 wall sits on 8" CMUs, I use a 2x8 sill plate and strap anchors because otherwise I'd have to come up with some way to finish the top of the block inside the 2x6 sole that would probably cost more and be of less structural value.  And I like to level the sill with grout to avoid shims elsewhere -- just makes life easier for all that comes later.

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   dovetail97128 | Jun 22, 2007 06:31pm | #6

   Lou,

   You still have a sill plate.

   Only in your scenario it is also the bottom plate of the wall.

   Done all the time when stick building , often even when platform framing , especially garages.

   Easier to erect the platform style wall if the inspectors will sign off on drilled anchors instead of embedded anchors. Drill and install anchors after the wall is erected, One doesn't have to lift the sill/bottom plate over the bolts that way.

   "Poor is not the person who has too little, but the person who craves more."...Seneca