Joists seem iffy
Preface: my house is 115 years old. North East US. Going to be redoing my subfloors and floors in my house. Some of my joists were cut a certain way that makes me doubt their integrity (the room shakes when you walk). See how bottom of joist is in the air in my pictures. See how joists were cut in half at the ends. It seems my sill plate is a massive 4 by 6 piece of wood and the joints were cut in order to hang them to the sill. I want to sister all these joists but the available "lip" of cement block seems to be only about an inch. Is that enough to seat the sister joist onto? Is there a hanger of sorts that I can use on the concrete to give myself a wider sitting surface per joist? Perhaps the hanger should be on the sill? submitted by /u/ysleiro [link] [comments]
| | Preface: my house is 115 years old. North East US. Going to be redoing my subfloors and floors in my house. Some of my joists were cut a certain way that makes me doubt their integrity (the room shakes when you walk). See how bottom of joist is in the air in my pictures. See how joists were cut in half at the ends. It seems my sill plate is a massive 4 by 6 piece of wood and the joints were cut in order to hang them to the sill. I want to sister all these joists but the available "lip" of cement block seems to be only about an inch. Is that enough to seat the sister joist onto? Is there a hanger of sorts that I can use on the concrete to give myself a wider sitting surface per joist? Perhaps the hanger should be on the sill? [link] [comments] |
