Because I was told I had to put plastic under the PT bottom plate by the building inspector. the question on the joist is....Is a scab like that allowed in building codes or does the butt/scab connection need to be over a beam? Or is that kind of connection OK to just hang out there? I would just think that this woould increase the span too much. this is a 16' span for a 2x10 which is 15' 6" long and a scab joint to complete the 16' length. I'll take pics tomorrow.
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