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Morning All,
Struggling to find any answers to the following questions, and hoping someone out there has them.
Situation: replacing rotten 110mm joist (end of the room) and part of the wooden sole plate it rests on (cutting back to where not rotten). Closest matching joist I can find is 100mm.
How do I make up the 10mm gap to make the new joist level with rest of the floor? make the replacement section of sole plate 10mm thicker than the rest therefore raising the joist 10mm? keep the sole plate the same and pack the joist 10mm up - if so, what is the accepted method for packing up a joist - 10mm wood shims on each of the sleeper wall contact points made from offcuts of joist?
Other question is if you're adding noggings or sistering with a marginally smaller joist (100mm vs. 110mm), where do you join the new joist? flush with top, flush with bottom, in middle with 5mm top and bottom gap?
Thanks in advance for any help
Struggling to find any answers to the following questions, and hoping someone out there has them.
Situation: replacing rotten 110mm joist (end of the room) and part of the wooden sole plate it rests on (cutting back to where not rotten). Closest matching joist I can find is 100mm.
How do I make up the 10mm gap to make the new joist level with rest of the floor? make the replacement section of sole plate 10mm thicker than the rest therefore raising the joist 10mm? keep the sole plate the same and pack the joist 10mm up - if so, what is the accepted method for packing up a joist - 10mm wood shims on each of the sleeper wall contact points made from offcuts of joist?
Other question is if you're adding noggings or sistering with a marginally smaller joist (100mm vs. 110mm), where do you join the new joist? flush with top, flush with bottom, in middle with 5mm top and bottom gap?
Thanks in advance for any help