I-Joist Hangars Nailing Requirements

[jar546]

Not so fast with the insulation Mr. Speedy who does not like to call for inspections:

 

[FredK]

Picky, picky, picky.

 

[texas transplant]

Heck it must have a least one nail on the other side, it is staying up there.

 

[KZQuixote]

Not so fast with the insulation Mr. Speedy who does not like to call for inspections:

What's holding what? I see a double joist to a double joist that's toe nailed to a single joist.

Nice workmanship! :?

Bill

 

[jar546]

What's holding what? I see a double joist to a double joist that's toe nailed to a single joist.Nice workmanship! :?

Bill

Yup, there is more than 1 problem

 

[Daddy-0-]

That's not even the right hangar is it?

 

[peach]

That's what I was going to contribute, Daddy... Simpson does IN FACT make hangers for single ply, double ply, triple ply... Simpson doesn't like field modifications, so don't approve the hangers installed this way.

 

[jar546]

That's not even the right hangar is it?

Nope, not at all

 

[LINY11961]

What baffles me is that these peole are professional contractors??? Get the right hanger, use the proper nails and amount as per spec. by the manuf. and be done with it. UPC even has a cross reference book if you can't get the proper Simpson hanger and need to use UPC. Looks like that was made for dimensional lumber so since it wrong why bother nailing it at all. I am a non professional building my own house, with some help, and even I wouldn't think of doing something like that. Doesn't anyone have any pride? Never mind the fact someone will be looking at my work. But then again an electrical insp, who is a friend of the family, chuckled at me for torqueing down all the electrical connections in my barn. I figured he would say gee, that is the way to do things right, but I guess I was wrong!!

 

[GHRoberts]

Doesn't anyone have any pride? Never mind the fact someone will be looking at my work. But then again an electrical insp, who is a friend of the family, chuckled at me for torqueing down all the electrical connections in my barn. I figured he would say gee, that is the way to do things right, but I guess I was wrong!!

You might have been misled about torquing the screws. Studies have shown that connections with snug fasteners have the same resistance as connections with "properly" torqued fasteners.

I don't want to say you were wrong. But most authorities will say that the torque listings are there for testing purposes (the testing organizations want a number) rather than for real world installation.

 

[LINY11961]

Every body has a different idea of"snug". I just used to snug things up too and then once I found it was starting to strip. Don't mind me, I even torque down the lug nuts on car tires to their specs!!