# Foundation/framing question **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/foundation-framing-question/198202 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/foundation-framing-question/198202 "2008-06-24T06:49:58Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA) #### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/foundation-framing-question/198202/4 "2008-06-24T09:20:35Z")
> [@Use your Xbox 360 to Fight for Liberation!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-your-xbox-360-to-fight-for-liberation/36078/35): > > matthew’s wall anchor service I’m well past that point already. > [@Pepsi \> Coke](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pepsi-coke/36896/42): > > I don’t know the facts . . . just sharing a past experience when I had a garage and second story addition put on. > > Done right, J Bolt placement should be at every sill plate spice and within 18" of each corner. > > Depth is also important, most recommend two blocks deep. (I had to argue to get this) > > Nailing ties should be every third joint and at the base of corner(hurricane) straps. But this might have been because my top course was 8" solids. > > [http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/ch4/sld033.htm](http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/ch4/sld033.htm) > > [http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/ch4/sld036.htm](http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/ch4/sld036.htm) Good links. I’ll be retrofitting bolts. The blocks are wide enough that the sill plate doesn’t cover it all, so I can get concrete in there from the garage side now that it’s dug up. I’ll probably stuff some newspaper in so I only have to pour a couple blocks deep. And use a right angle drill from the basement side to put the bolts in. Might try to sneak j-bolts in from the garage side from under the sill plate, otherwise I’ll have to use all-thread. Then some kind of ties for the joists to the sill plate. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/foundation-framing-question/198202)._