How To Join Floor Joists Together

The longer the overlap distance the stronger the connection.

How to join floor joists together.

The long view makes the overlap seem longer but i believe the nearest one is less than a foot with very few nails. When sistering these pieces together it is easy to put just a few nails in the boards and move on. A day until they re level. Set a hydraulic jack and post under the beam and jack up the joists about 1 8 in.

Framing lumber is the typical. You should overhang at least a couple of feet on each side of the beam. Here is a pathetic attempt to splice some floor joists under the bathroom. Drooping and joist sag can be seen in the photo.

However shifting and settling can work these loose and separate the boards. Believe it or not this kind of poor workmanship is not that uncommon. Nailing two 2x4s together will work to span about three joists unless the sag is under a weight bearing wall. Use m8 110mm coach bolts measure down 30mm from the top and bottom of the joists and drill through both the timbers and bolt together space the bolts out 600mm all the way along from one end to the other should be strong enough for a tap dancing elephant.

Common sense tells you that large floor joists can carry more load and spacing joists closer together also increases the load bearing capacity of a floor. But larger is not always better when builders are constructing a home or adding a room addition. The extra two inches of vertical distance when a floor is framed with 2 x 10 joists rather than 2 x 12s can be quite important for example. How to sister a floor joist.

The amount of weight that each floor joist handles is pretty amazing. Sistering joists means beefing them up with additional material. In these cases the overlapped joists help tie the framing together by combining the rigid members over a beam. Tack a beam under the sagging joists.