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.

Some of those options include laminated veneer and strand lumbers i joist and rim boards. No more custom made floor trusses. I joists are also commonly used in flat roofs for both residential and commercial buildings. The term binding joist is sometimes used to describe beams at floor level running perpendicular to the.

The flange material is typically laminated veneer lumber lvl or solid sawn lumber and the web is made with plywood or osb. Sheet materials mdf hardboard chipboard osb plywood door blanks. As the name trimjoist indicates our product can be trimmed on the construction site for a custom fit. Contact us for alternative lenghts.

In addition we carry a wide selection of lumber and boards. 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. Different wood species have different strength characteristics with some having much higher bending. I joists are the most common way to structurally frame an upper floor in a residential building.

I joists are comprised of top and bottom flanges which resist bending united with webs which provide outstanding shear resistance. Mouldings planed timber planed timber mouldings skirting cladding wood flooring window boards. Higher grades of lumber clear. Timber joists are available from us in numerous sizes.

At donaldson timber engineering we design and cut all of our i joist flooring systems using metsawood s finnjoists. 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. The fewer defects contained in a piece of lumber the stronger it will be. 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.

Shop menards for a wide selection of i joists that are lightweight strong stable and can be used as floor joists. See our drop down menu for the full list of sizes.