I’m building a single story house with a crawl space in climate 4C, seismic D1. In order to minimize the distance from finished floor to grade, the top of theTJI floor joists will be even with the top of the sill plate. I think there are two ways to do
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The 6″ shelf option would have 2.5″ EPS and a 3.5″ PT sill.
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George,
You typed your post into the headline cell, which means some of your words were cut off. You may want to create a new post.