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My friends and I are going to building a storage loft in an old shop. The loft is going to be 4'x24'. We have an idea but no help on what to buy for materials. We would like not to have a support in the middle. I was thinking of supports in the middle and on the ends. What size should we use for 2's and how many inches on center should they be spaced. These guys are farmers so the stonger the design the better. Help you can help
Hi Jason, sorry but your question doesn't make sense to me. You want to build a 4'x24' loft but you don't tell me where you want to build it. Do you want to build it like a shelf attached to one wall of the shop? The 4 foot direction can be 2x4's at 16" on center. Depending on what you are going to store up there and what you plan on doing with the shop you can run a couple of knee braces back to the wall in lieu of posts in the middle of the span. I will attach a simple drawing. If you use posts every eight feet or a post on each end and two knee braces spaced at 8' apart you can use a double 2x8 beam. I hope this information helps please feel free to write again regarding this or other matters, sincerely bruce e johnson
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Bruce E. Johnson
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I can answer any construction related question in regards to carpentry, concrete, drywall, masonry, structural elements of any type of building, residential or commercial. Interior or exterior.
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Custom Commercial and residential buildings. Churches, theaters, schools and auditoriums. Most recently I am working with the Catholic Church on several design build committees. I have a website related to scheduling and project supervision. Although my expertise is more related to multimillion dollar commercial, educational and theatrical projects my generous credentials in residential and remodelling construction make me a viable source of information regarding all forms of building questions.
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