First post, go easy on me (new to the forum). I've tried some searches and haven't come up with anything yet.
I've a standard Toll brothers "finished" three car garage, and I'm looking to add a shelf/loft across the back of two bays about four feet deep. It would be framed and supported by a ledger board on two walls (with an OSB platform), with a needed support on the outlying corner. This would be used for seasonal storage of holiday items and the like - light load, but you never know what might find it way up there.
I'd rather not have a post on the ground for support for that corner. There are several similar houses in the development with such a shelf (although bigger that I am looking to build) added by the builder. However, both are also finished, and unlike mine neither have a dropped section in the center bay boxing in the beams running on either side of the center bay (I believe this boxed in section to be under a guestroom bathroom - related to plumbing?). If I remember both support that corner via a rod, but I don't know if the rod is attached via a carriage bolt or screwed into the beam/joist (I assume the former).
So, my dilemma is how do I tie in the hanging corner support to the side of the boxed in section? Or to the finished ceiling?
Initially I was just going to run a 2x4 lag bolted into the side of the box at a stud location, but I've no idea of the support structure under the sheetrock. Then I was thinking angle iron, but the same unknown exists.
I'm certain this is a vague question, but can anyone provide any insight? I can try to add pictures if it would assist.
Thanks for any input -
I've a standard Toll brothers "finished" three car garage, and I'm looking to add a shelf/loft across the back of two bays about four feet deep. It would be framed and supported by a ledger board on two walls (with an OSB platform), with a needed support on the outlying corner. This would be used for seasonal storage of holiday items and the like - light load, but you never know what might find it way up there.
I'd rather not have a post on the ground for support for that corner. There are several similar houses in the development with such a shelf (although bigger that I am looking to build) added by the builder. However, both are also finished, and unlike mine neither have a dropped section in the center bay boxing in the beams running on either side of the center bay (I believe this boxed in section to be under a guestroom bathroom - related to plumbing?). If I remember both support that corner via a rod, but I don't know if the rod is attached via a carriage bolt or screwed into the beam/joist (I assume the former).
So, my dilemma is how do I tie in the hanging corner support to the side of the boxed in section? Or to the finished ceiling?
Initially I was just going to run a 2x4 lag bolted into the side of the box at a stud location, but I've no idea of the support structure under the sheetrock. Then I was thinking angle iron, but the same unknown exists.
I'm certain this is a vague question, but can anyone provide any insight? I can try to add pictures if it would assist.
Thanks for any input -