Posted in portal.gznq.com | edit | March 14th, 2010
Hi...I want to add support to my mother's house. The studs are 24 inch on center and I am hoping to do it from the inside of the house. I am hoping to tackle one room at a time by taking the sheet rock down and add it from this side? The house has hardi-board on the outside and It would be too expensive to change from there. I know it will be a lot of work, but we live in Houston and I am concerned about hurricains. I would really appreciate some advise...thanks also use rafter ties[hurricane ties ] when adding studs
[attaches to the roof trusses and walls ]You are not going to gain anything by adding studs to you walls, this is a complete waste of time. They are as strong as they are going to get. If you add hurricane ties to the tops might help but you are talking an awfull lot of mess and work for an almost nonexistent gain. You would be miles ahead to have the house bricked on the outside. This will be the best strengthening you can do. You can fasten external tiedowns to the outside of the house and help the integrity of the roof also. Adding anything to the inside of the wall is totally the wrong way to go.You are on the right track one room at a time it you could add more beams instead onf making them 24 oc make it 16 oc Good LuckI had the same situation here in Georgia. The existing structure was true 2x4's spaced 24" oc. To install the sheetrock, the owners nailed on 1x12 horizontal boards 16" oc. For the outside walls I removed the horizontal boards and after updating the electric, I insulated with R-13 fiberglass bats. Then I firmly nailed 1/2" x 4' x 8' plywood sheathing to the inside wall and then used 1/2" sheetrock on top of that.
For the inside walls I replaced the horizontal boards with the plywood sheathing and added the sheetrock. That way, the window casings and frames did not have to be modified or replaced as there was no dimension change.
Trying to do what the above people said is quite involved since the new lumber is 3 1/2" x 1 1/2" and the existing is most likely 4" x 2 1/4". Plus doing it my way is less labor intensive, much stronger and the sheetrock can be installed with construction adhesive, eliminating nail dents that must be spackled. i'm no expert but here's my 2 cents. i don't think it will make any difference if you add support to the walls. the studs are designed to support the weight of the ceiling and roof and to transfer that load to the ground.
adding support now will be almost useless. every board will have to be toe nailed. and if you cut one more than 1/16" to short it probably won't do anything. you will have to notch your extra studs to fit around electrical wires. cable. phone. plumbing, etc.
by the time you finish all this you may feel a little better but you will not have accomplished anything. kind of like masturbating but alot more work and you'll have to pay for it
i think the most important protection is to make sure the roof stays on.
the rafters or trusses should be attached to the walls with hurricane clipsYou're talking about rebuilding the entire frame,
from the inside,
while she lives in it?
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