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   Ronbaby | Oct 30, 2003 03:40am | #1

   keep a handful of cut nails in your pouch and nail down a 16" or so block to nail the bottom of a brace to.

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   brownbagg | Oct 30, 2003 03:46am | #2

   what if you do not want to damage the slab

   Edited 10/29/2003 10:22:47 PM ET by BROWNBAGG

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   SamT | Nov 02, 2003 04:04pm | #6

   Are you gonna stain the concrete or cover it?

   SamT

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   EricPaulson | Oct 30, 2003 03:49am | #3

   Brace from the top of one wall to the base of another.

   How did you brace the exterior walls?

   You may also try laying down planks wall to wall; scabbing them together and attaching the bracing to them.

   I just finished framing a three car garage with a finished slab; nailing anything into was NOT an option , so creativity was a necessity.

   Eric

   
   

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   Edited 10/29/2003 8:49:45 PM ET by firebird

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   FramerJay | Nov 02, 2003 05:52am | #4

   When I framed houses we never had to brace interior walls prior to plumb and line. Just build a few intersecting walls in that particular lift and raise them all together so that when they are tied together, they are self-supporting.

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   Pierre1 | Nov 02, 2003 09:33am | #5

   Building a 40x28 barn, we braced our walls back to a couple 2x6 'boxes' that were each screwed together around two in-line concrete piers. There were four such piers, so we made two boxes. We also drove some nails through each box into the concrete pier, to help reduce uplift.

   Run your angle braces back to the box where they can be easily fastened. Since the bracing is fastened to the box from both sides, there is little chance of uplift - the forces cancel each other out. Bonus, the boxes also held some of the bracing that kept the 6x6 posts in position as we lifted up the center beam components.

   The whole setup withstood a 30mph storm without the walls moving out of plumb or line.

   Something else that works is an A-frame brace. Push a 2x4x16 through a door opening, or through a low opening cut into the sheeting, next to a wall stud. Push the long 2x4 half way out, nail it to the door jamb or stud, then fasten your angle braces back to each end.

   Edited 11/2/2003 1:34:58 AM ET by Pierre1