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Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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I'm building a new steel building and want to put a 2x dividing wall for an office, bathroom, and storage room. It will be 10' off of an exterior wall and 40' long like in this drawing.
I am going to make the 40' wall and 2 divider walls 7' to the ceiling as I want a small storage mezzanine above it.
Here's my question. I was planning to use 2x4x7' studs 16" on center and 2x8 or 2x10x10' for the floor joists. I will put a 2x4 stud wall up against the barn perlins as well and put a bracket about every 3rd stud to anchor the wall to the barn perlins. Do any of you guys know how to calculate pounds per square foot for something like this? I'm wanting to know if 2x4's will be heavy enough. I will put barn siding on one side of the wall and drywall on the other.
My plans for the mezzanine are storing tools, stuff I don't use very much and eventually a 10hp, 120 gallon air compressor up there.
I am going to make the 40' wall and 2 divider walls 7' to the ceiling as I want a small storage mezzanine above it.
Here's my question. I was planning to use 2x4x7' studs 16" on center and 2x8 or 2x10x10' for the floor joists. I will put a 2x4 stud wall up against the barn perlins as well and put a bracket about every 3rd stud to anchor the wall to the barn perlins. Do any of you guys know how to calculate pounds per square foot for something like this? I'm wanting to know if 2x4's will be heavy enough. I will put barn siding on one side of the wall and drywall on the other.
My plans for the mezzanine are storing tools, stuff I don't use very much and eventually a 10hp, 120 gallon air compressor up there.