Adding Joist to Existing & Intact Floor
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Comments (12)Don, you're making me faint with the removing the floor prospect! But my husband says you're probably right;(. Though he does think that we can get in there and do this job without the tear out. He has done a lot of stuff over the years being a farmer, jack of all trades, and in a past life an aerospace engineer (the math!). We have a 20 year old son who can crawl! So that space will be accessible. But I am listening to your caution of "You would be more inclined to do all the work properly" if the floor was taken out and area exposed. I added my link to the joist info request on the Remodeling Forum. Here is a link that might be useful: Adding Joist to Existing & Intact Floor...See MoreReplace ledger strip with joist hangers (floor joist support)
Comments (9)brickeyee: I think I will leave a piece of the existing ledger strip under the existing joist as packing material, and use plenty of construction adhesive in the joist. Sound reasonable? worthy: Ah, I never thought it made a difference where on the end the notch is, especially since most cuts I've seen are on the bottom for a ledger strip/board. worthy: Are you being sarcastic about the "Neither do I" comment? I hope not because I honestly don't know how to get a single joist hanger into a new joist that's being sistered and neither do the 3 contractors who I got quotes from. So, we're going to use double-wide custom made joist hangers for everything because the existing joists are 1.75" actual width and the new 2X8 SYP is 1.5", making an unusual 3.25" width for the joist hanger....See MoreLowering Existing Ceiling & Adding Tray Detail
Comments (3)Actually there will be an 18" wide by 11" high by 24Â long soffit that will run the entire width of the 4x12 beam supporting the floor above. We were going to put a tray ceiling in the kitchen, but that would have severely impaired the air handling capacity of the range hood. In addition, the curved soffit with breakfast bar would have intruded too far into the dinning area so we though we would extend the kitchen ceiling height into the dining area and define the dining area with a tray ceiling. The adjacent living room will still have a 9 foot ceiling....See MoreI need help with taping plaster to drywall & prep to paint.
Comments (9)Yippee it worked. My thread is back. I had to go into my computer's history to find this thread. I had posted to it last week or so and it never re-appeared on the GW forum. Update: I fixed the large hole with plastic screen type lath, fastened up into the plaster with drywall screws. I couldn't reach one edge so I wedged in a 1x.5" piece of wood lath at one end and overlayed the plastic lath, and I think the screws are pegging the plastic screening in place :) There was a lot of technique getting that piece of plastic screening up there! Then I took Easysand 20 and filled the screening, it was ugly: After it dried for several days I took my "California Patch" and slathered a bunch more Easysand 20 on it and wedged it in place. It stayed! It is drying now. As I was trimming away some of the extra Easysand I inadvertently scrapped away some of the sheetrock paper, not the full thickness though. It will need to be gone over with another thin coat of mud, either Easysand or my pre mixed green lidded joint compound. It will need to dry for a long time: I took that Easysand 20 and filled the gap along the entire ceiling periphery. After several hours, I took my 5-in-1 tool and shaved it flush with the existing plaster ceiling and made sure everything looked square. The product was still damp and easily shaved. When all of this dries I will tape up the corners and ceiling junctions using the green lid premix joint compound and a webbed, creased, tape I found. It was sort of expensive, but I only have right angles on this job and I figured it would help make the angles cleaner. Thanks for everyones input. It was very helpful. Now I just hope this works out ok as I have some thick layers up there....See Moreworthy
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