Guys,
I'm looking to strengthen the floor joist in my 1860's house. The timbers vary between 5 and 5 3/4 inch depth and 3 inches wide. The bedroom floors on either side of the RSJ are very bouncy, hence I dropped all the plasterboard to expose the joists to investigate.
Span is 3.7m on one side of the RSJ and 3.4m on the other side.
No herringbone or blocking (a bad thing i suspect), but no apparent sag to floors, just very bouncy.
Also noticed that some of packers are missing (or disintegrated) across the RSJ.
Any ideas most welcome. Attached some photo's as descriptions often fail
Cheers,
Matt
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I'm looking to strengthen the floor joist in my 1860's house. The timbers vary between 5 and 5 3/4 inch depth and 3 inches wide. The bedroom floors on either side of the RSJ are very bouncy, hence I dropped all the plasterboard to expose the joists to investigate.
Span is 3.7m on one side of the RSJ and 3.4m on the other side.
No herringbone or blocking (a bad thing i suspect), but no apparent sag to floors, just very bouncy.
Also noticed that some of packers are missing (or disintegrated) across the RSJ.
Any ideas most welcome. Attached some photo's as descriptions often fail
Cheers,
Matt
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