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Subject: [Shop-talk] Putting floor in attic - can't fit 4x8 sheets
From: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 07:26:43 -0700
References: <85F438BC-2F25-440F-B765-5DCC14738523@groupwbench.org>
> Any options out there besides using some kind of Simpson Tie 
> in place of the
> t&g edge support?

How about ripping the 4x8 sheets to match your beam spacing (eg 16") and
then using a 2x4 stringer every 8' to support the edges?  That's basically
what I've been doing, although I'm lucky enough to be able to get a 32" by
8' piece in (so I only need to rip each sheet once).

Even T&G is pretty weak for using without a subfloor IMO, unless you've gone
overboard on the floor thickness.

-- Randall  

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