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I think/hope the soffit separating the rooms is at a minimum 7ft clear. Raising the floor is definitely going to be tricky, there’s mechanical duct-work, electrical conduit, gas line, a/c line to coil, hot/cold water supply lines, drain lines. I drew up a quick detail, existing condition...

I was hoping to add a sub-floor running perpendicular to the existing joists to raise the sunken living room (as shown in sketch). But after noticing the inadequate notched joists, I might be ripping all existing joists and sub-floor. Only positive is that it give me additional 6” of head...

Yes, it's directly under the sunken living rm. How did this pass a building code inspector?

I’m looking at purchasing a home built in the 1980s with a sunken family room. I was thinking of raising the sunken family floor by building up the subfloor to be level with the rest of the house. But I noticed these floor joists in the basement that bother me, and the added weight might cause...