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Subject: [Shop-talk] Putting floor in attic - can't fit 4x8 sheets
From: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 07:50:42 -0400
References: <85F438BC-2F25-440F-B765-5DCC14738523@groupwbench.org> <4FC2F8C2.8040607@tx.rr.com>
16oc spans, 5/8 or 3/4 plywood/osb, storage of "stuff" i.e. dead loads.

I like t&g so I know I'm not going to overload an edge accidentally, or if the
next owner wants to use it for live loads and won't curse me like I'm cursing
the PO for using 1/2" and 3/8"). But not enough to buy a router and set up a
table to route all these boards :-)

The blocking ideas would work but there's insulation in the way.

Sounds like butt edges will be good enough!

jim

On May 28, 2012, at 12:02 AM, BJNoSHOV8 wrote:

> What spans do you have between joists, what thickness of plywood were you
planning, and what type of use are you planning for the floor?
>
> At first I was wondering why you would need T&G, but the answers to the
questions above would help to define that.  And then I thought that if you
really wanted T&G you could just set up a router and after ripping the plywood
to 2' widths you could add your own T&G.
>
>> The way the house is constructed I can't get a 4x8 sheet into the attic. I
can
>> do a 4x4 and with some effort a 2x8, but none of those are t&g.
>>
>> Any options out there besides using some kind of Simpson Tie in place of
the
>> t&g edge support?
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