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• Posted in thread: Help with sistering/blocking floor joists on 02-27-2009 at 12:32 PM
  Thanks Glenn, inspectorD, and travelover!I think I read inspectorD's method a little
  differently than you guys did. InspectorD - did you mean a beam running perpendicular to the
  joists? Doesn't that n...

• Posted in thread: Help with sistering/blocking floor joists on 02-24-2009 at 07:20 PM
  Thanks Glenn. I forgot to ask one major question though: what about the myriad of wires and
  small pipes running through the joists...?

• Posted in thread: Help with sistering/blocking floor joists on 02-24-2009 at 11:24 AM
  Thanks for the reply, Glenn!Hmmm - using a 2x12 certainly sounds like it makes more sense but a
  lot of what I've read online suggests using identical framing members?I should have added that
  the joist...

• Posted in thread: Help with sistering/blocking floor joists on 02-24-2009 at 09:46 AM
  We are going to be tiling our second-story kitchen in our 1920's home. The joists are 2x10's,
  16" o.c., with a span of 14 feet. These barely meet the deflection requirements for porcelain
  tile, and ce...