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    Tiling floor on sistered joists - Advice needed

    Oh boy! Thanks JobAndKnock, I know what you mean... now. I think I am starting to see why they don't put me in charge of anything at work. Naturally you meant putting in the steel perpendicular to the joists, not sure why I took it to mean putting in steel joists. Starting to worry now about my...
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    Tiling floor on sistered joists - Advice needed

    Actually just had an idea, might fit a couple of tell-tales to the joists to measure changes over a couple of months post sistering and see what level of deflection is before putting any flooring down. That might give me a bit more info to work with.
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    Tiling floor on sistered joists - Advice needed

    Well for the time being the place is being stripped. Things only coming out including a cast iron tub that weighted a lot. I remeasured the floor joists. Definitely 169...ish some measurements were 167mm some as high as 172 but for the most about 169-170. Did get the width wrong closer, to...
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    Tiling floor on sistered joists - Advice needed

    Thanks Dereekoo and JobAndKnock. That does put me in a pickle. Had a hard enough time finding lengths of 7x2 local, not sure where I'd look for 6 3/4 x 3 in 5 meter lengths. Will hold back on ordering anything till I figure this out. (or the floor gives way...which every comes first!)
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    Tiling floor on sistered joists - Advice needed

    Hi All, I am doing up our new but 50 year old dormer bungalow and need some advice on the floors. The upstairs floor is sagging and appears to have undersized joists (16" centres, ~5.2m span, 2x7" joists). To complicate matters, the area is divided by two partition walls (bathroom and...
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