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I have a V brace underneath my deck for stability, but I'd like to replace it with something that fits between joists. Im putting in an under deck ceiling and the V brace takes up some head room, so was hoping there were other ideas. I found some sway braces but my joists are about 11 inches apart, and the sway braces are 12 and 16 inch options.

Can I use wood 2x8's between joists, recreating the V formation? Seems like a lot of work putting in brackets on each board but if that would work I'd try it.

Any help appreciated.

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    Pictures, pictures, we love pictures.
    – JACK
    Jan 29 at 16:34
  • Pictures will be better, but if it is what I think, you might be able to notch the joists so the braces are not in the way. Pictures will probably prove I do not know what I am talking about.
    – crip659
    Jan 29 at 23:59
  • Whoops thx for the reminder, picture added
    – Franc
    Jan 30 at 0:24
  • Why not throw some blocking between the joists?
    – Huesmann
    Jan 30 at 12:10
  • Yeah I guess that's an option too, I just wanted to avoid having to add a bunch of brackets to keep the blocks in place. I've seen pictures where people just hold them in with 3 inch nails but that doesn't seem like it'll last that long. The flat tension bracing seems like a good alternative but here in the US they don't really sell the same stuff. Or at least not what Rohit posted.
    – Franc
    Jan 30 at 14:02

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These flat tension bracing are quite common in Australia and New Zealand.

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It would be faster to install it too. Just nail it to the bottom of the joists (beams). You can get them in galvanized iron or stainless.

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  • Interesting, so basically replace the 2x4's with the flat tension bracing in the same V pattern?
    – Franc
    Jan 30 at 2:46
  • That is correct. It used to be used all the time for bracing walls, trusses, joists.
    – Rohit Gupta
    Jan 31 at 4:19

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