- Oct 3, 2007
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I have an attached garage about 14' x 25'. Since its so long and we never park the cars in it anyway (it serves as my heated indoor work area) I was thinking of putting up a loft in the back corner. It can't go all the way across because the access door to the house is there which is higher (the garage is on a slab, house is on a full foundation), so that creates an issue of support. I was going to attach 2x6 ledgers to each wall with lag bolts in each stud (the garage is 16" OC) and then run 2x6 joists across the short span (8 feet) 16" OC. Basically I'm not concerned about the strength of the platform itself, but rather the one unsupported corner. I could put a post there (not sure how I would secure it to the floor though-angle brackets and Tapcons maybe?), but if I didn't, I would be able to pull my Toyota Pickup in if need be as the hood or bed would clear underneath of the loft, but with the post there it would be a no go. My other thought was to create a really strong beam that would run between the two walls (14' span) from 3 2x10s sandwiched together that could support the corner load. I would have to make sure that either end was very well supported though and I'm not sure how I would do that. I did a quick sketchup drawing that illustrates things a little better than I'm explaining probably:
Any ideas?
Any ideas?