Originally Posted By: CatBrat
Let me see if I got this right.

You fasten the portions of 2x4 to the joists, lengthwise, near the bottom edge, but up a bit, so that the bottom of the rail that you fasten the drywall to is only 1/2 below the existing joists.

These 2x4's would need to hold a lot of weight. I think I'd use liquid nails and a couple of bolts to hold them in place.


My joists are engineered I-beams, so I am going to take some time and cut my 2x4 to the distance where the vertical part of the joist is (the "skinny" part) and then notch the bottom so that it will literally sit on top of the bottom part of the I-beam. Glued (Liquid Nails sounds about right) and nailed. That way a bulk of the weight is on the bottom "plate" of the I-beam, and not just supported by a few nails, liquid or real....

Here is a quick MSPaint picture.



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