Search Results for ‘joist support’

I am in the process of extending my living room into my garage and we had a nice surprise when we removed the wall between the two rooms. There was a bulkhead attached perpendicular to the wall that I thought was just for asthetics but it seems was supporting a double 2x12 floor joist and...

Long Time User - First time Poster (renovating 90 yr old community center with detached garage. Some garage joists ENDS are rotten and others are compromised.) Are the joist sizes acceptable and are there better solutions for this issue? Brick garage o/d 23'w x 24'2"d. Walls 13" thick...

Hi everyone, I'm building an 8' x 6' platform on my concrete garage floor--sometimes there is moisture and the ground slopes in 1 direction. The platform is going to hold a home workout area, so between equipment, weights, and person it needs to support at least 1000 lbs. I'm planning to use...

I have issues with an addition where the original contractor went with some pretty cheap 2x10 joists that are spanned about 15ft. Two have already cracked and the rest are starting to deflect. The addition is pretty small (8x15) but I think has a lot of load with a shower, toilet and laundry...

I am going to put in a pull down attic ladder. I have put it in our hallway and to do this I need to cut through 2 Joists. Below is the diagram I worked up (not an draftsman so forgive me for the crude layout). Does anyone see any problem with the design? is it over/under built? also sorry if I...

We bought an old house with the original parts built in the 20's or 30's with maybe three sections added throughout the years. Oddly enough, as much issues as we have with old sagging floors in the old part of the house, the worst problems seem to be with the newest addition built about 1995...