How to Frame and Build a Loft - Home Design Examples
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- www.homebuildingandrepairs.com... Click on this link for more information about lofts, attics and building design. This video will provide you with a few different examples about how you can frame and build a loft in a garage or other square or rectangular shaped rooms. Keep in mind that engineering specifications are usually required for lumber sizes like joist and beams as well as building foundations.
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Thank you for this helpful video. My wife and I are getting started on building a loft ourselves. We just got ahold of the materials shown in this video.
Best of luck!
amazing video, thank you for sharing
Thanks for your videos as always
Great video.
This video series is gold.
Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A lot of great info and a ton of thought there. Thanks!
You're welcome
Thank you so much for the information . You have one of the best channels on here regarding construction!! Keep pouring out your knowledge. You're amazing 😊
I appreciate that!
I'm considering a loft in my tiny house where the support is off two walls and 4 corner is supported by a steal post. Allowing head room in the kitchen area. (10x12).I like the idea of the pass through to wall stud & under support of header good plan.
Good luck on your project and thanks for sharing your ideas.
Great channel. Love it thanks
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
planning on building a loft in my bedroom. i can’t wait!
Can a truss designed like a floor truss be used as a load bearing ridge beam to eliminate the need for truss ties or floor joists to stabilize the outer load bearing walls when creating a loft space? Also, can the roof rafters be replaced by scissor trusses to create a cathedral like ceiling for the space in front of the loft deck? Thanks
thank you
Thanks for the great video!
Glad I could help and thanks for watching.
beautiful video thx
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for letting us know.
Hi, Greg, I hope you see this soon. I used method 1 and I'm about to add midspan blocking on my 8x12 loft. My question is, do I stagger the 4x8 sheets of 3/4 inch OSB? Cuz if I do, some edges/ seams aren't going to be where I can nail them down into the midspan blocks. Does that matter? I hope to hear from you soon cuz I'm doing that today haha
I won't be much help here. Do what works best if you can't nail and can't take it apart to fix it.
good videos , would you do a video how to cut stringers
I will put a link here when the video is made.
What do you think of, let say, I have 2x8 ledger attached to 2x6 framing, 16oc, and my loft joists are 2x8, 12-ft long, seating on top of the ledger secured by Simpson strong tie and also nailed to side of 2x6 studs. Is that framing acceptable? I'm concerning too many nails in narrow area on the studs. What is your suggestion for something like this? Thanks
You bring up a good point, which leads me to another point and that would be the reason why a structural engineer might need to be contacted. Feel free to email me a picture of the type of framing connection assembly you're referring to for more information. You can get our email address at the website.
Great video! I am doing something very similar to your video. I have a 28'x10' loft i am putting in my garage. I was thinking to use four 28' lvl for the front beam with a 6x6 post at 14'. Then do the 10' joist 12" on center. All broads will be 2x12. I have footings in all the correct places. Do you change anything with my design? Thanks for any help.
I can't give engineering advice, but You are building a supper strong structure. Maybe a footing for the center post.
@@gregvancom Thank you, I have a footing for the center post also. Have a good day.
Can you tell the name of the app to design ?
I'm building a loft exactly like the first way you showed. Should I use double lumber in all sides connected to the wall? Or only for the beam? Thanks I will appreciate it
The joist that attach to the walls will usually be single boards.
What would happen if you skip out on the footing for the center post that distributes the weight of the loft?
At the beginning of the video one can clearly see that there are rafter ties for the rafters not over the loft deck and that there are no rafter ties for the rafters over the loft deck. What resists the roof load that would try to push the walls out for the rafters over the loft deck? If it is the loft deck, how high can the walls be above the deck before it becomes an issue?
Id like to know this as well. Would the new floor joists be good enough to eliminate the rafter ties.
@@DeadphishyEP3 I was thinking instead of having an inner band fastened to the studs, run the joists all the way out to the sheathing and lag them sideways into the studs. Then you would create a ledger under the joists, like a platform frame. Different than what he’s presenting in the video, but would seem more secure to me. Then again, I’m not an engineer
Good!
I want to build this as a seasonal /holiday storage loft in my garage, which has a concrete foundation. I will use the 4 x 6 x 14 in the front. Do I need the 4x4 post in the middle?
It would depend on what you would put on it. Personalty I would do it just to be safe so I wouldn't question it.
I cannot provide you with structural engineering advice, but can tell you that if the supporting beam is structurally strong enough or big enough then you wouldn't need additional support in the middle. You would just need to find a beam size that would span the length for your specific project.
Great video. "Acrosst" I thought that was a very regional word. I wonder if anyone else noticed it? I've often heard it in my area but nowhere else.
Oh no busted. Yes, I've heard it before.
What if the loft was landing on a footered load bearing wall or even two walls wherein a separate room on the lower level would utilize the loft joists as ceiling joists from below, beam needed?
I cannot provide structural engineering advice, but if you're suggesting that there's a load bearing wall that would replace the structural beam, then I wouldn't see a problem with that and as a matter of fact the wall would probably create a stronger structure.
Do you have any how build a loft but in the ceiling type? Thanks
Feel free to email me some pictures or a drawing of what you're referring to and I will see if I can help. You can get our email address at the website.
I didn't realize my shed order with lofts were only able to hold 350 lbs. max. Could you please share how to support a loft so one can sleep two safely? thank you!
If you have pictures email them to me and I will be glad to take a look, but it will be better to contact the people who made it for help.
Ring Saint nails prevent squeaks in floors over the duration of time ring shank
I have seen lots of loft/floors constructed this way with long beams spanning and then shorts one on hanger going perpendicular. Why not run all joist (if the span is not too great), and then they can attach to studs if need, or have jacks hidden, of if one does not mind a ledge, sit the joist on a ledger?
I ask, because I am looking at installing a postless mezzanine floor in a garage, the span across is 18', so I am looking to build an 18'x10' floor, 16oc, and have all the end sitting on (and past) doubled up 12x2, and then cover in 3/4 osb.
That is definitely an acceptable method of construction. The joist might need to be wider, for example instead of using a 2 x 10 you might need to use 2 x 12 for longer spans.
@@gregvancom awesome, thank you for the reply. I see so many variation (many probably not right) built, but wondered. I know many dont mind posts, and I understand method in conjunction with them, but for this home project, need a span with a clear area below.
rookie builder here; is there any reasoning behind going across the witdth of the building with 16 footers? Could you go 8 footers perpendicular?
Yes, you can redesign to fit different lumber sizes.
I am also confused. Rookie builder here as well - buying deeper boards is more expensive and takes up more headroom. 2x8x8 vs 2x12x12 for instance.
You have the beam sandwiched between two studs but it's sort of only supporting 1/10th of the weight of the loft.
Design seems nonsensical but what do I know...
how to do it on a 2nd fl? I have a 1 bedroom condo with a high ceiling which can add a 2nd bedroom above. thanks
I don't think I've made a video for that one yet, but I'm pretty sure it's already on the list of videos to be made in the future.
Has this video been made?
Will a 2x10 lumber selection of Douglass fir span 15 feet for a garage storage loft
Check floor span charts or contact local building authorities for engineering information.
yes sir
I would love to see some pictures if you still planning on doing the project when it's completed.
will do.
If I fasten the ledger board through the drywall into the studs, will the drywall have any effect on the strength of the loft? Is it safe to build this with no posts, with the joists spanning 17ft? Also i am using this loft just for storage purposes.
I wouldn't recommend it, cut out the drywall where the ledger board is. Drywall compresses, can get wet/moist and cause you to have a gap or framing to be loose. You can build with no post but wouldn't recommend that either because that post transfers the weight evenly to the footing/slab (same as if you were making a header for supporting the roof of a load bearing wall. If you don't use a post all the weight will be concentrated at the attachment point of your existing post as a side load VS centered on the top of an additional post and evenly distributed to the foundation. Don't cut corners being cheap or lazy, it'll have catastrophic consequences.
Can you double the ledger and put it under the main leger so the loft or the floor will rest on it?
I've seen it done before, but it's not common. If you're going to double up a ledger, then you might consider installing some structural posts underneath it.
What if I do the entire garage and my garage is like 13 feet and I was planing to add a ceeling floor single ledger 2by 6 at 16 apart. Do I need support beens
If 2x6 studs, you could do balloon framing to avoid hardware: Let-in the ledger, then have the joists connected side to side with the studs, sitting (ideally notched but not necessary) on the ledger.
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Ring shank nails prevent squeaks from in floors those are the smooth nails over time they will ease up out of the hole as you apply pressure to the surface of the floor it squeaks as it pushes the nail back in that's what the squeak is not with the bridge blocks the bridge blocks do nothing but keep the floor joist from rolling see that block keeps it steady stable it cannot move it cannot push the other block out of the way in order to pull the other block into play same thing with your roof system rafters your rafters would have to push the opposite rafter on the opposite side of the house in order for that roof to raise up it is scientifically connected designed architecture that's what's so special your purling your wing walls so you're able to brace your ceiling your rim joist everything is ordained plywood clips when you're decking that feeling with the OSB wait for bored however
Longest sentence ever.
Forgetting your periods makes it impossible to read. I’m curious what you’re saying! Do you recommend ring shank nails or not? Can’t understand what you’re saying.
Can a loft of this structure support adding a layer of osb, hardibacker then tile...then after all that some furniture and ppl?
You would need to get all of the lumber sizes and footings required to build a loft like this from an engineer. Remember, these are only examples to show you how it can be done, but won't necessarily always work on every project.
gregvancom ...the reason I ask is because my wife and I just purchased a home that is about 10 15 years old and has a small 2nd floor loft inside that is carpeted with a layer of OSB under the carpet...we would like to put tile and would just like the peace of mind to know if this loft can take the weight of the porcelain tile.
The only problem with answering your question is that I don't know anything about the construction of the loft or the rest of the building.
gregvancom ...me neither...and nobody can tell me without tearing up the entire floor...all I know is that it has eight 2x4s or maybe 2x6...not sure which of the 2 (but definitely NOT 4x4 or anything thicker)...these boards are running width parallel to each other attached to two 4x4s using joists running length wise...those two 4x4s are in turn attached to the house...and this is an interior loft...or maybe I'm just being redundant now.
I don't know if you're being redundant, but it's difficult sometimes to provide people with answers, when I don't know exactly what's going on. The last thing I ever want to do is tell someone they can do something and then years later find out they shouldn't have.
Why the volume is so low?
I always wanted to know how they build and make. Apartment and houses floors so they won’t fall. For a long time…,
How much distance should there be between each bin??
I cannot provide you with structural engineering information, but was wondering what a bin is?
@@gregvancom oh yeah! I was talking about the walls, the distance between the walls. I have 16 ft opening from wall to wall. What size header can i use without a center support beam? Is for a Loft!
Get loft
i never had a bed room in my life so i asked my parents if i could have a bed room in the attic and they said no it snot funny its just cruel
you don’t have a bedroom, where do you sleep?? that’s not normal..
Sounds like you might have to get yourself a job kiddo.
Its very hard