24”

2’ x 4’ Plywood Laced Post Shore

Header and Sole should be cut at 48”. Verticals should be measured to reflect
total height of void to be shored minus 8 ½”. 8 ½” accounts for the dimension
of the header, sole, and 2X4 wedge pack. Cut the vertical 4X4 post at the
desired length. This shore utilizes 12” overhangs on the header and sole. This
results in 2’ spacing between vertical posts outside edge to outside edge.
Place the vertical post at that measurement . Insure that marriage between
vertical and header are flush and that the joint is square. Place a 12X24 gusset
over the joint with appropriate header overhang and nail it with 14 – 8d nails
in the header and 5 – 8d nails in the vertical. Flip it over and duplicate the
process. If the overall height of this shore is >4’, a midpoint 24X24 gusset
brace is required with 11-8d nails in each vertical post. If the overall height of
this shore is > 9’, two midpoint 24X24 gusset braces are required. These
gussets should be evenly spaced such that the distance from top or bottom of
shore to the nearest midpoint brace is 2’ max. This shore shall be built in pairs.

Ex. A total void height of 8’ would receive vertical posts = 87 ½ “ (7’ 3 ½”)
Application: Utilize this Class III shore as a high capacity four post shoring
system to support vertical loads.

Maximum height for this shore is 13’ and the Design Load is:
4X4 = 32,000 lb.
6X6 = 80,000 lb.
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2’ x 4’ Plywood Laced Post Shore

Place both 48” sole plates in desired location with 4’

spacing between sole plates. Measure for placement of
vertical posts utilizing 12” O.H. and 24” spacing. Place
2X4 wedge packs on top of sole plate on the vertical
post locations.

48”
2’ x 4’ Plywood Laced Post Shore

Stand up the pre-fabricated top half of the shores and

set them on the wedge packs and sole plates. Lightly
pressurize. Insure that the shores are plumb and
maintain 4’ spacing between shores at the top and
bottom. Finish pressurizing. Capture the sole plate and
vertical post joints with half gussets utilizing 4 – 8d nails
in the sole plates and vertical posts. Both sides of the
joints must be captured.
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2’ x 4’ Plywood Laced Post Shore

Once both shores are pressurized, lace the shores

together with plywood cross bracing. Top and bottom
cross bracing is ¾” x 6” x 4’ plywood utilizing 5 – 8d
nails in each vertical. Insure that 4’ spacing has been
maintained.
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Maximum height for this shore is 17’ utilizing 4X4

and 20’ utilizing 6X6. 6X6 shore requires 2X6
bracing. Vertical height less than 6’ does not
require a mid point brace. Vertical height greater
than 11’ requires two mid point braces. Design
Load is:

4X4 posts = 32,000 lb.

6X6 posts = 80,000 lb.

< 4’ 4’ – 9’ >9’