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Jim, Just realised I didn't answer your perpendicular dilemma. I considered doing this but I decided against it after speaking to people I trust on the subject, for 3 main reasons. Firstly, if you are putting in perpendicular lines of timber, that means you will have to lay one layer of...

Hi again Jim, I may have used a misleading word at the start of that post. I meant to say, make sure your new joist extensions are the same thickness exactly as the original ones. I might have confused the issue by calling these boards. Good luck. John

Hi Jim, I'm in the middle of doing the same job. I'm not a carpenter but I'm doing it myself after getting structural advice from my brother, who is an architect. All you need to do is to make sure the boards you are placing above the joists are of exact equal thickness... 35 mm in my...