safeicemonk Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hi everyone, I'm building a tiny house on a pier and beam foundation. The width is 8' 4.5". I'll cover the 8ft. no problem but what about the remaining 4.5 inches? It seems weird to cut a piece of plywood into 8' long and 4.5 inches wide to make up the difference. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 4.5” doesn’t make sense unless your beam still captures a lot of the full sheet, leaving the 4.5” as filler. Likely, you will need to bridge the distance between two beams which may be much more than 4.5”. If your beams are fairly close to 4” wide, I’d center the full sheet and go ahead with 2” of filler ripped on either side of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Yep, cut to fit your floor joists. Assuming this is an underlayment, you won't see the seams anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim N Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 How long is the house going to be? And I assume there will be a joist system on top of the beams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeicemonk Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 The beams are 3 2x8's so about 4.5 inches all around. The joists will be 24" on center. The length of the house is a little about 27' 11.75" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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