NY residential code – Load bearing wall framing
fromPok
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Hello – Hope some one can answer this.
Per current NY residential code any two story home with roof limits the wall framing to 16″ oc with 2×6. We are trying to see if we can move to 24″ OC with 2×8. I don’t see this specified anywhere in the code book.
https://up.codes/viewer/new_york/ny-residential-code-2010/chapter/6/wall-construction#6
Any thoughts on how to address this?
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Are you building a 3 story building?
1 floor plus 1 roof is for a two story building which is OK at 2x6 24OC. You can always bump up the stud there to 2x8 provided the spacing matches the table.
If you are building a 3 story, you can go with 16" OC on the main floor and 24" OC for the rest. The other option is to have an engineer spec the stud size and spacing in which case you can probably go for 2x8 24" OC for everything.
HI. Thank you. I have a full basement with two story colonial. i thought that’s why it wouldn’t the above definition
Seems like what you want is unusual in your county and your chances of getting your plans approved without a stapled set of plans from an engineer seem slim. The path of least resistance is to write the check to the engineer.
Walta
"Seems like what you want is unusual in your county and your chances of getting your plans approved without a stapled set of plans from an engineer seem slim"
Why? As Akos pointed out, it meets the code fromPok linked to.
I agree that you are proposing to support one floor (the second floor) and one roof so 24" is ok. The basement walls are not framed correct?