Step 17.1 - Joists

With the side walls up, we can begin to assemble the roof. The joists are the members that go horizontally between the two side walls. Usually these can be 2x4's or 2x6's, but in this case the joists are going to be the floor for a storage loft. To handle the extra weight load of the loft we are using I-joists that are an engineered wood product.

First the joist hangers are screwed into position, after careful measuring so that they line up with each other properly. Then a glob of a super strong adhesive is put on the bottom of the joist hanger. Finally, the joists are lifted up and pushed down into the hanger and nailed. Our garage will require 13 joists to support the loft. Mark and his crew got 9 of them installed yesterday.