Bathroom Floor Joists
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Bathroom floor joists. Dans crypto adventures 21714 views. When you consider that the bath sits on 4 little feet its the strength of the floor boards which matters. This episode deals with framing openings in floor joists to accomodate plumbing hvac to other mechanicals.
Leveling the floor with shims is when you attach thin wedge shaped pieces of wood on top of the low areas of the joists to make the top joists even. How to repair a bathroom floor structure duration. I personally do not like chipboard floors in bathrooms but nowadays there must be hundreds of baths sitting on chipboard with no problems.
These floor joists are resting on an exterior bearing wall while on the other end they sit in metal joist hangers nailed to a wood beam. Repair rotted bathroom floor under toilet bathroom remodel part 3. True floor joist span calculations can only be made by a structural engineer or contractor.
I have never seen bathroom joists any different from other rooms. This video is part 7 of a several part video series being filmed as we remodel a bathroom. If you have an uneven floor you may need to think about leveling floor joists with shims.
Tim carter dear tim. Jacking up floor joists episode 171 duration. This sample table gives minimum floor joist sizes for joists spaced at 16 inches and 24 inches on center oc for 2 grade lumber with 10 pounds per square foot of dead load and 40 pounds of live load which is typical of normal residential construction.