realslyshady
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Hi folks — would very much welcome some DIY advice. We're renovating an 1880 Victorian stone/rubble house. One corner has suffered with significant damp issues, which we're working on, but the outcome is rotten joist ends in a corner of the ground floor. These joists are huge — 9x3" (or 225x75mm if you prefer metric), spanning the 5m width of the house. My budget is tight and getting tighter, and I need to do this myself to save some pennies. After a lot of research, I was planning on doing something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwBQL_AwTI
...only with a bigger overlap and using timber connectors instead of glue. But bolting three lots of 9x3" timber side-by-side seems like insane overkill as well as logistically difficult — not to mention needing gigantic bolts. Can anyone advise on this? I'm hoping that I can use a smaller size of wood on both sides, or sister the joists on only one side, but the regular answer suggests using the same gauge wood for the connecting piece/s.
Would really appreciate any thoughts, ideas, advice, experience, or alternatives. Please remember I'm on a budget!
Best,
simon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwBQL_AwTI
...only with a bigger overlap and using timber connectors instead of glue. But bolting three lots of 9x3" timber side-by-side seems like insane overkill as well as logistically difficult — not to mention needing gigantic bolts. Can anyone advise on this? I'm hoping that I can use a smaller size of wood on both sides, or sister the joists on only one side, but the regular answer suggests using the same gauge wood for the connecting piece/s.
Would really appreciate any thoughts, ideas, advice, experience, or alternatives. Please remember I'm on a budget!
Best,
simon