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Old 08-04-2006, 08:33 PM   #8
72freak
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Re: Hot week working on the garage

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Originally Posted by 72gord
What did you use for your floor joist in your loft? I am getting ready to build a shop and would like to put in a 10x 40 loft and was wondering what size board I need for the floor joist, I'll only be spanning 8 feet with a 2 foot overhang past the support beam. Looks good!!!
Spanning 10' you could get away with 2 x 6's but I would recoment 2x8's

I used 2x10's with a double header/nailer at both ends
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