Bottom line:
Can you support part of a stair landing by HANGING it below existing joists instead of supporting it from below? And yes I do have a structural engineer speccing out my job and we'll pull permits. I'm just hoping ya'll can help me save money by educating me before I bring this up at our next meeting.
Thanks for the help
SteveEl
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Details: comment about any part welcome.....
For various reasons, I am rebuilding the upper half of my basement stairway. The lower half is fine, and consists of a flight from the basement slab to a lower landing by the side door. At that point the stairway turns 90 deg toward the center of the house.
The next part of the stairway is the part I will rebuild and consists of a upper flight, that goes to an upper landing. You turn from the landing and step up onto the 1st floor.
I have the redesign finished except for one detail: the upper landing will be lowered so that it is essentially flush with the BOTTOM of the existing floor joists. Supporting the hangar side is easy since there are wall framing members in place. But how do I support the other side? Remember, the new landing will be basically flush with the bottom of the joists, and there are no walls below the landing on the side opposite the hangar. Only thing I can think of is to HANG the landing to the bottom of the joists, instead of supporting from below. Does the uniform code allow that? what else should I know before talkign tot he engineer next time?
Thanks for the help
SteveEl
Can you support part of a stair landing by HANGING it below existing joists instead of supporting it from below? And yes I do have a structural engineer speccing out my job and we'll pull permits. I'm just hoping ya'll can help me save money by educating me before I bring this up at our next meeting.
Thanks for the help
SteveEl
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Details: comment about any part welcome.....
For various reasons, I am rebuilding the upper half of my basement stairway. The lower half is fine, and consists of a flight from the basement slab to a lower landing by the side door. At that point the stairway turns 90 deg toward the center of the house.
The next part of the stairway is the part I will rebuild and consists of a upper flight, that goes to an upper landing. You turn from the landing and step up onto the 1st floor.
I have the redesign finished except for one detail: the upper landing will be lowered so that it is essentially flush with the BOTTOM of the existing floor joists. Supporting the hangar side is easy since there are wall framing members in place. But how do I support the other side? Remember, the new landing will be basically flush with the bottom of the joists, and there are no walls below the landing on the side opposite the hangar. Only thing I can think of is to HANG the landing to the bottom of the joists, instead of supporting from below. Does the uniform code allow that? what else should I know before talkign tot he engineer next time?
Thanks for the help
SteveEl