Tighten the screws into place with your screwdriver.
How to add joists for second floor.
Then cover the deck with 3 4 t g sub floor plywood and you now have a floor strong enough to build a 2nd floor on.
The current ceiling joists for the first floor are 2x6 on 24 inch center.
We want to add two dormers the full length width of the house to increase the living area with full steps going up.
The structural engineer says that we must remove these joists and use 12 i joists instead to create the second story floor.
Attach the bottom of the joist to the wall.
Since the example house we are designing for is 12 feet wide we need to find in the floor joist span table a joist size and centering that can span 12 or wider.
If the flexing is only the joists sistering doubling the joist will work and is a lot easier.
Whether the flexing is the subfloor between the joists or the joists between the beams adding joists at 12 centers will help.
The current ceiling joists for the first floor are 2x6 on 24 inch center.
The floor joist spacing is the distance between the centers of any two installed joists.
A staircase is essential for commuting between floors but it creates an opening in the second floor so you can t run the joists from one side of the house to the other without interruption.
See the image below for an example of joists spaced 16 on center 16 o c.
At present the floor ceiling is composed of 2x4 s.
The structural engineer says that we must remove these joists and use 12 i joists instead to create the second story floor.
This means that all the ceiling on the first floor that is under the addition will have to come down.
Use a block of wood or a pre existing bar above the floor glue the new piece into place and screw it down as you did for the top.
This means that all the ceiling on the first floor that is under the addition will have to come down.
Any help would be appreciated.