I have a house and the upstairs bathroom is very noisy when people walk about - I'd quite like to pull up the floorboards, leave the existing floor joists in place, and install new joists, equally spaced, raising the floor a little and then relay the old floorboards - thereby creating a new floor which is quite separate from the original joists - with insulation, I think this would reduce the noise considerably. Cannot lower ceiling below due to height restrictions below. It seems fairly simple, but there are a number of different joist hangers - the walls are made of brick.
These look fairly simple to use, as they lay flush with the wall.
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Joist-Hangers/Maxi-Speedy/invt/156726
It says in the description "provision for nailing or bolting" - I would think to screw these into the brick and use nails to keep the timbers in place - is that right?
However, these look more robust.
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Joist-Hangers/Joist-Hanger/invt/246014
If I use the second one, would I use an angle grinder to create a "slot" for the top bit of the hanger?
Anyone had anuy experience of the first one?
These look fairly simple to use, as they lay flush with the wall.
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Joist-Hangers/Maxi-Speedy/invt/156726
It says in the description "provision for nailing or bolting" - I would think to screw these into the brick and use nails to keep the timbers in place - is that right?
However, these look more robust.
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Joist-Hangers/Joist-Hanger/invt/246014
If I use the second one, would I use an angle grinder to create a "slot" for the top bit of the hanger?
Anyone had anuy experience of the first one?
