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ROOF-CEILING CONSTRUCTION

RAFTER

CEILING JOIST TRACK

FASTEN RAFTER TO
CEILING JOIST WITH
MINIMUM NO. 10 SCREWS
AS REQUIRED OR THROUGH
CLIP ANGLE, PLATE OR OTHER
APPROVED CONNECTOR

FASTEN ROOF TO WALL
TRACK WITH 2 NO. 10
LOAD-BEARING STUD SCREWS THROUGH CEILING
JOIST FLANGES, 54 MIL CLIP
ANGLE (MINIMUM), STEEL
PLATE OR OTHER
APPROVED CONNECTOR

For SI: 1 mil = 0.0254 mm.
FIGURE R804.3.1.1
JOIST TO RAFTER CONNECTION

BRACING. USE 1 NO. 8 SCREW TO EACH JOIST.
ANCHORAGE AT
END IS REQUIRED.
AT SPLICE LOCATIONS, EITHER LAP MEMBERS
AS SHOWN OR ABUT, WITH 2 NO. 8 SCREWS
EACH END OF EACH MEMBER.

CEILING FRAMING
MEMBERS. GYPSUM BOARD
ON BOTTOM CHORD NOT
SHOWN FOR CLARITY.

FIGURE R804.3.1.3(1)
CEILING JOIST TOP FLANGE BRACING WITH C-SHAPED, TRACK OR COLD-ROLLED CHANNEL

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