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1. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: tputland at charter.net (Tim); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:07:48 -0400 (EDT); A qustion for engineers here maybe? I want to hang a Datsun Roadster car body from the joists above my shop and garage space so I can start working on a frame in the shop. The joists are approx 2' ap; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00134.html (8,446 bytes)
2. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: darrellw360 at mac.com (Darrell Walker); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:17:45 -0700; Hi Tim, For what it's worth, I lifted the body of my TR4A from the garage joists. I'm not sure what the stripped body weighs, but since I could fairly easily lift each end, I figured no more than 4-5; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00135.html (8,904 bytes)
3. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: darmstrong at nexicom.net (Doug Armstrong); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:37:37 -0400; It is important to distribute the weight & not support it all on 1 joist. Put a 2x6 or 4x4 across several trusses and hang the car from that board. This will distribute the weight across several trus; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00136.html (10,165 bytes)
4. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:45:56 -0400; It's important to get some terminology straight before answering this. Rafters form the pitch of the roof; joists are parallel to the floor and stop the walls from spreading out (and occasionally are; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00137.html (9,604 bytes)
5. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: jem at milleredp.com (John Miller); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:19:06 -0700; As you've noted, with common rafters the joist is primarily in tension, and at minimum it's sized for that and a modest dead-load. Maximum span for a 2x4 joist at 24in OC is going to be no more than; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00138.html (10,661 bytes)
6. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: Bob at texmog.com (Bob Nogueira); Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:51:07 -0500; When I built my garage I drilled a one inch hole at the top of four of the rafters. I placed two one inch steel bar through two of the holes parallel to the roof. From the ends of these bars I hung a; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00139.html (11,364 bytes)
7. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (bjshov8 at tx.rr.com); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:57:54 -0400; I am an engineer and since your roof could be constructed in a number of different ways this could be an easy problem to analyze or a difficult problem. (I have seen roofs constructed the same way bi; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00140.html (11,206 bytes)
8. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: tputland at charter.net (Tim); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:20:32 -0400 (EDT); Ok, I have standard trusses up there, 20ish feet long, joined by those rectangular plates that are perforated for nailing purposes. I am pretty sure this garage was a kit from Menards. The horizontal; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00141.html (11,300 bytes)
9. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: fishplate at gmail.com (Jeff Scarbrough); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:11:05 -0400; Probably - and probably. Since I don't have to stamp my plans, here's what I'd do: I'd put a pair of 2x4s on edge, nailed together, on each side of the body; use them to support the load for as littl; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00142.html (9,910 bytes)
10. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: fishplate at gmail.com (Jeff Scarbrough); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:12:00 -0400; On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote: I meant to add that these would run perpendicular to the existing joists.; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00143.html (9,417 bytes)
11. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:45:07 -0700; What about running temporary support poles to the floor? For temporary use, they don't need to be anything fancy; and wood is a whole lot stronger in compression than in tension or shear. A 4x4 (or; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00144.html (9,443 bytes)
12. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:46:50 -0400; 2 pieces like doubled up? Or two pieces like cut in the middle and plated together? If the latter, I'd be skeptical. The former, you're probably ok with 150 pounds per. Can you test hang from one of; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00145.html (9,829 bytes)
13. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: tputland at charter.net (Tim); Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:59:27 -0400 (EDT); "Can you test hang from one of them? If so, then you can use that as a guide to how much each can hold." Since I go 300 lbs minimum, I will do some hanging on the joists. I didn't think of that. If i; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00146.html (10,250 bytes)
14. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: jblair1948 at cox.net (John T. Blair); Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:19:06 -0400; pretty sure they support the Tim, Do you have a drywall celing installed? Is there decking over the joists where you want to have this lifting thing? To reinforce your joists for a lift, you can dril; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00147.html (13,888 bytes)
15. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: wmc_st at xxiii.com (Wayne); Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:11:49 -0400; I totally agree with the guys that suggested ways of spreading the load over multiple joists or trusses, vs beefing up just a couple. Back in the early 70s when I was a kid my Dad built a 3 car gara; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00148.html (9,845 bytes)
16. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (BJNoSHOV8); Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:39:10 -0500; Finite element software? In college I was taught how to do those calculations by hand.; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00154.html (9,514 bytes)
17. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: wmc_st at xxiii.com (Wayne); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:06:03 -0400; HuhHuh, yeah... it was 1972 and I was 6, and he was a non-degreed tool & die maker / motorhead. I did learn how to use a slide-rule at one point. But modern stuff will let you optimize the ** out of; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00155.html (9,901 bytes)
18. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: elans4 at cox.net (Mullen); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:11:05 -0400; By hand? In college (Aerospace Engineering in the early '70s) I wrote Finite Element software to analyze trusses as my senior project. Still have the box of computer cards somewhere (when was the las; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00162.html (9,121 bytes)
19. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: elans4 at cox.net (Mullen); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:16:21 -0400; Oh yea, I was originally going to mention the possibility of an "A - Frame" to hold thing up. You could buy one like this: http://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-telescoping-gantry-crane-41188.html from; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00163.html (9,027 bytes)
20. [Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists (score: 1): Author: tputland at charter.net (Tim); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:33:26 -0400 (EDT); While an interesting option, this would not work for what I have in mind. I need to be able to get the body up, off the floor and out of the way so no floor space is lost. other tim; /html/shop-talk/2012-03/msg00165.html (8,871 bytes)

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