…be specifically designed to serve as a flooring material. Home center-stocked glass…
…does not have the proper strength for flooring applications. To install a glass…
…not generally fit in between existing floor joists, the joists must be cut and a support…

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…basement, the in-between two floor joists between the first floor and the…
…existing drain and run it across 5 floor joists, making a 3.5 inch hole through…
…We have 12 inch engineered floor joists. Do I need to put in any type…

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I moved in this 1920s built house at the end of last year. The floor joists look brittle. Recently i found some cracks on the floor joists ( I am sure they were there for a long time), some are long, some are short, some…

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We purchased a 50 year old cape cod with an unfinished upstairs. The floor joists are 6 inches. Are these sufficient to hold the weight of two bedrooms? The floor joists on the first floor are 8 inches. Why the difference?

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I need some tips for leveling an older kitchen floor. the subfloor is composed of diagonal planks. my floor joists are not cracked or broken but, they appear to be uneven. I have a post jack under the house where the sag has occurred and I…

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…feet, that's the max the code allows before a foundation needs to be poured (the expensive route). The existing floor joists run North/South, the bump-out will be coming in from the West. Any suggestions/tricks for tying in a supporting nook…

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I am doing an addition and I think I am going to do soemthing where the floor joist sticks out about 4 feet past the wall for like a little deck that comes out of my room with no poles underneath, How far does the floor joist have to go inward to safely support this?

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or another idea is to buy some 7/16 OSB and rip them to 9 1/2"x8' and glue and screw them to the face of the beams I have now. what does anyone think of those ideas?

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I have some floor joists in a crawl space in a 30 year old house that have twisted some at the center beam. This has caused hihg and low spots in the floor above. There is no braccing installed between the joists. Can I install bracing and draw the joists back to plumb?

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…got a half basement that I'd like to finish. The existing ductwork runs, of course, perpendicular in many areas to the floor joists. The basement area is kind of tight as is, and I'd like to maximize the space with keeping as much headroom as possible…

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