Timber Floor Joists

In traditional timber framing there may be a single set of joists which carry both a floor and ceiling called a single floor single joist floor single framed floor or two sets of joists one carrying the floor and another carrying the ceiling called a double floor double framed floor.

Timber floor joists.

We offer roof trusses storage building trusses and frames floor trusses and trusses that are immediately available to pick up at one of our conveniently located plants. I joists are comprised of top and bottom flanges which resist bending united with webs which provide outstanding shear resistance. Shop menards for a wide selection of i joists that are lightweight strong stable and can be used as floor joists. In addition we carry a wide selection of lumber and boards.

Floor joists capacities carrying capacities of domestic timber floor joists grade c in metric units floors live loads floors and minimum uniformly distributed live loads maximum size of duct or pipe through steel joists k series joists and maximum size of ducts and pipes. At donaldson timber engineering we design and cut all of our i joist flooring systems using metsawood s finnjoists. No more custom made floor trusses. See our drop down menu for the full list of sizes.

The flange material is typically laminated veneer lumber lvl or solid sawn lumber and the web is made with plywood or osb. Sawn and treated timber is one of the oldest and most widely used building materials used in the world today bot. Different wood species have different strength characteristics with some having much higher bending. Mouldings planed timber planed timber mouldings skirting cladding wood flooring window boards.

Sawn carcassing timber cls studwork timber carcassing timber batten fencing timber joists. Timber joists are available from us in numerous sizes. The term binding joist is sometimes used to describe beams at floor level running perpendicular to the. Sheet materials mdf hardboard chipboard osb plywood door blanks.

Trimjoist is the marriage of an open web floor truss and a trimmable wooden i joist bringing the best features of each to the relationship. I joists are the most common way to structurally frame an upper floor in a residential building. The fewer defects contained in a piece of lumber the stronger it will be. As the name trimjoist indicates our product can be trimmed on the construction site for a custom fit.

Contact us for alternative lenghts. Understanding floor joist spans wood species.