Noggins and Herringbone straps?

[23vc]

I don't know- they might be better cos the load is lateral to the fixings rather than in line. Price of timber these days they're probably as cheap...might try them in the next floor I do and see what happens. Of course, they won't work so well on older floors where the joist centres are a wee bit random

Good point, joist centres would need to be spot on which isn’t always possible

 

[John D v2.0]

Good point, joist centres would need to be spot on which isn’t always possible

suppose you could strap most of them, and then block or timber struts on the smaller ones where the soil pipe or whatever is in the way.