How To Fit Floor Joists

Decide whether you wish to set the joists so that they run over a beam butt together over the beam or fit them into hangers attached to the sides of the beams.

How to fit floor joists.

On both sides of the problem area. Joists range in size from 2 x 6 to 2 x 12 based on the distance being spanned. Fit new joists fit new floorboards as necessary. Laying a floor joist in a wood frame house is a simple procedure that can be done in 4 easy steps.

Wood joists are structural framing members that are laid upright on edge and nailed equally spaced usually 16 inches on center onto the wall plates. They are covered with subflooring panels of plywood or oriented strandboard osb to complete the floor s structural assembly and create the solid continuous platform on which you install tile carpet or other finish flooring. This will create a weak spot. In this video i show how i cut my my joists make packer plates get the joists from the garden up int.

If you read my my earlier pages you will know that i was considering installing easi joists at first floor level because i liked the idea of being able to easily run all my pipework. Fit the joists into the joists hangers if you choose that method of installing floor joists. Joists are cut to lay flush with the outer surface of the. Pry the floor joist from the subfloor with the back of your hammer.

Start by cutting out a small 1 2 in 2 5 5 1 cm section of the floor joist with a reciprocating saw. Lay out your joists so that they will be spaced 40 cm 16 inches on centre. If a crack or sag is isolated to one area the sister joist should extend at least 3 ft. Remove a third of a room s floor around a chimney breast or adjacent to a bay window.

Remove all flooring from a normal lounge. Then use pry bars and your reciprocating saw to pry and cut the floor joist away from the subfloor. When the sagging joists are level apply a generous bead of construction adhesive to the existing joist. But it s usually best to run the sister joist over the entire span.

This is part 2 in my series of loft conversion videos. As above with conventional floorboards. Fit new joists fit new floorboards as necessary.