Firming Up Suspended Floor

The original plan was for builders to take up the all the floor boards of the living and dining room hoist up the joists re build the internal leaves of brick work and re secure the full timber floor but with it being the type of back breaking work most builders now avoid or charge the earth for it s been preventing downstairs.

Firming up suspended floor.

A springy or spongy feeling could indicate a minor issue a major problem or. All you need to know. Determine the height of the false floor in relation to the bottom step of the basement stairs. How to insulate suspended timber floors.

Ultimately you will have a level floor with well fitted boards. Contributing editor mike guertin teams up with structural engineer david grandpré to detail six common and not so common ways to stiffen up the joists and keep the china cabinet from wobbling. It was a complex expensive job. There are a few ways to insulate a suspended floor but the best most breathable way is to hang insulation under the floorboards.

A suspended floor is a ground floor with a void underneath the structure. Years ago while working as a carpenter i helped stiffen a bouncy floor by nailing a new 2 10 to each of the 2 10 joists that supported the floor. The first and second floors in our house seem overly bouncy and sag toward the middle. This insulates the floor but still allows some air to circulate preventing the timber from getting damp and rotting.

No one likes the feel of a supposedly solid floor bouncing or sagging underfoot. This project is about levelling old timber floors repairing and replacing timber joists. How can we evaluate whether the floors need reinforcement and if so what is the best way to do this. Bouncy floors are one of the most vexing problems faced in houses both new and old.

For example two by four sleepers and floor joists installed flat and covered with plywood raise. Working in the unfinished basement below the bouncy floor we had to remove the plumbing and electrical lines running through the joists and then rerun the lines. How to fix springy and spongy floors. We show you how to lay floor boards over the leveled joists how to cut the floor boards to the right shape and how to use a chalk line.