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new construction question relative to floor heights

rideneasy

I am building new house and using floor I beams for joists under the family room and they are 11 7/8"  

the other section of the house is using 2x10s   which makes the main floor uneven.  

How can I get the correct height for the floors to be level?   

 
Nov 15, 16 10:59 pm
arch76

you need to match your top of framing.

either drop the trusjoists, or frame your family room with 2x10s, and deal with the implications of the shallower members (higher grade wood, tighter spacing, intermediate support...)

Nov 15, 16 11:25 pm  · 
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Just scale the joists down a little bit along the z-axis until they match the depth of the 2x10s.
Nov 15, 16 11:52 pm  · 
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Non Sequitur
Just slope the floor finishes.
Nov 16, 16 12:22 am  · 
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poop876

I would use the joist stretcher and stretch the 2x10 to 11 7/8. Why not use all 2x10?

Nov 16, 16 6:55 am  · 
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Non Sequitur
You have joist stretchers in your market? Lucky. They don't make those for metric joists.
Nov 16, 16 7:22 am  · 
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awaiting_deletion

homedepot makes floor levelors.

Nov 16, 16 7:28 am  · 
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poop876

That's it, that is the reason not to use metric.

Nov 16, 16 7:33 am  · 
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poop876

That's a lot of leveler. Why not use gypcrete

Nov 16, 16 7:34 am  · 
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senjohnblutarsky

The serious answer: thicken your plate until it matches.

The non-serious answer: just leave the step there and sing to yourself every time you go into the space... "Movin on up. To the East Side...."

Nov 16, 16 8:01 am  · 
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awaiting_deletion

and then you trip and your forehead lands head first on a nail....

Nov 16, 16 8:22 am  · 
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SneakyPete

Can your forehead ever NOT land head-first? ;)

Nov 16, 16 10:34 am  · 
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Wilma Buttfit

And your toast would land jelly side down. 

Nov 16, 16 10:54 am  · 
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senjohnblutarsky

If one were described as having their head up their ass, it would be possible to not land head first. 

Nov 16, 16 11:15 am  · 
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awaiting_deletion

thats makes the impaling nail all the more exciting.....glad we could help

Nov 16, 16 8:32 pm  · 
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