A cavity closer should be provided to the top of the walls to prevent fire spread and to stop damp air entering the roof space.
Fixing flat roof joists to wall plate.
Start at one end of the wall so that the first joist is flush with the walls which run parallel to the joists.
Hi all i am planning on building a small sun room conservatory 2mx2m at my house.
Mark the installation location for each joist along the wall plate.
It will have a dwarf wall about 800 high to 1.
This is for a storage area in a barn for saddles and not for a domestic property etc and is only going to have 3 4 osb board laid accross the joists.
Wall plate for a flat porch roof.
Fixing roof trusses to a wall plate requires a small amount of carpentry knowledge such as the abilities to read a tape measure and operate a framing square.
The wall plate is laying flat and is sitting 2 proud of the brick work.
Install steel joist hangers at each mark.
Hi guys just need some advice on fixing my wall plate to an old granite wall.
The roofs size is 2 8mx1 6m.
Buy wall plate straps and a box of washer nails to fix them to the masonry.
10d box nails may be substituted for 8d common shown in.
Building a dwarf wall for a coservatory next to a garden wall.
Otherwise setting roof trusses onto wall plates can be done by the average do it yourselfer usually in one to two days depending on the size and scope of the project.
Mark off a joist every 16 inches along the length of the wall with the last joist lining up against the opposite verge wall.
Attach i joist to top plate using 8d nails at 6 o c.
To fix the joists and rafters down on to the wall plates they should be toe or skew nailed to the top plate like below.
Nail the the first wall plate to the wall using masonry nails then nail another one on top with 3 wire nails.
You will get a better fixing if you double up your wall plate.
Most joist hangers appear to either attach to the brick work or a wall plate mountedhorizontally on the vertical brick wall.
All nails shown in the details above are assumed to be common nails unless otherwise noted.
This mean you will have a good depth for using stronger 4 nails to nail the joists down.
Wall sheathing as required use single i joist for loads up to 2000 plf double i joists for loads up to 4000 plf filler block not required.
If the wall plate of the flat roof is level with the wall plate of the existing house can you make the two wall plates the same height then you will need to strip off some roof tiles and run the new joists through butting and fixing them up to either the roof rafter or the ceiling joist on top of the house wall plate.
