so friday i cut and set most of the rest of the ceiling joists and the band joists for the ceiling. missing parts were the front band joist and the ceiling joists interrupted by the attic access.
saturday, rain and snow occupied the lands, and thus i did not occupy said lands. however, i did manage to sit around and do nothing in the warm cozy house in smyrna :)
sunday (today) i went out there, cut and set the ceiling joists for the attic access, and the headout for the attic access. i also cut and nailed up most of the ceiling joist ties.
the ties tie together the two section of ceiling joists which meet over the center wall throughout most of the house. the exception is the front of the house, where full 24' joists need no ties. for ties, i decided to use up some of the scrap floor sheathing i had. this is 3/4" advantech osb. this stuff can handle a great deal of shear load. i doubled them up to tie each pair of ceiling joists, and nailed from both sides.
in retrospect, i should have made those ties a bit longer, and only nailed from one side. even further in retrospect, i should have lapped the ceiling joists instead of tying them, since im using the coil strap to tie the ceiling joists to the rafters, which allows me to lay them out either inline with the rafters or adjacent to them. ah well. it's coming together well.
a bit more work on the ceiling, and the roof is on the horizon.
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