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Expert: Warren Harper - 11/4/2009
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This house was built in 1962, this cracked floor joist is right underneath of bathroom tub. I am remodeling my bathroom now, and replacing whole floor will be installing new subfloor, backerboard and finally tiles so it is going tobe pretty heavy stuff on top of this floor joist. What are my options to strengthen this floor joist, one of the issues I am facing is that there are wire going thru these floor joist, (electrical work poorly done) not visible in picture on both sides of crack so what is seen in the picture is pretty much the available area to so something. What would be a better solution to this problem, sistering with a piece of 2x8 or using some kind of metal? And is jacking up the joist advisable?
Would highly appreciate any help. Thanks
Answer
Some sort of steel (channel, angle, I-beam) attached either above or below the electrical wires should be enough to help. And you should try to jack whatever sag exists out before attaching the steel. Is it not possible to remove the wiring, then replace it after replacing the broken joist? This would naturally be the best solution. Hope this helps.
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