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?
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...)
I would use the joist stretcher and stretch the 2x10 to 11 7/8. Why not use all 2x10?
homedepot makes floor levelors.
That's it, that is the reason not to use metric.
That's a lot of leveler. Why not use gypcrete
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...."
and then you trip and your forehead lands head first on a nail....
Can your forehead ever NOT land head-first? ;)
And your toast would land jelly side down.
If one were described as having their head up their ass, it would be possible to not land head first.
thats makes the impaling nail all the more exciting.....glad we could help
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new construction question relative to floor heights
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?
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...)
I would use the joist stretcher and stretch the 2x10 to 11 7/8. Why not use all 2x10?
homedepot makes floor levelors.
That's it, that is the reason not to use metric.
That's a lot of leveler. Why not use gypcrete
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...."
and then you trip and your forehead lands head first on a nail....
Can your forehead ever NOT land head-first? ;)
And your toast would land jelly side down.
If one were described as having their head up their ass, it would be possible to not land head first.
thats makes the impaling nail all the more exciting.....glad we could help
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