| 41. | The foundations are a system of load bearing bed logs that support floor joists and tongue and groove timber floors.
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| 42. | Q : My basement is unfinished and I want to install fiberglass insulation between the exposed floor joists in the ceiling.
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| 43. | A typical floor joist is made from 2-by-10-inch lumber or from manufactured components containing plywood.
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| 44. | Small metal grilled openings at the base of the building serve to ventilate the crawl space beneath the first floor joists.
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| 45. | They involve beams, floor joists, ceiling joists ( those have to hold up only a ceiling ), and rafters.
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| 46. | Used as substitutes for plywood sheeting and solid wood floor joists and beams, these products make a house stronger and quieter.
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| 47. | The floors were composed of planks on loose sleepers that is, sleepers that were not fixed between the floor joists.
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| 48. | Q : There is a 4x8 beam running 16 feet across my basement ceiling to support the floor joists of the room above.
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| 49. | And a good inspector is going to crawl around in crawl spaces to check for damage to the support beams and floor joists.
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| 50. | The builder attaches wallboard to the underside of the floor joists of the story above and then applies paint or a textured coating.
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