Replace Sub Floor And Joists Around Air Vents

Fit the joist hanger around the joist.

Replace sub floor and joists around air vents. Make sure the bottom of the joist is sitting on the hanger without any gaps. Locate the floor joist below the subfloor at each side of the section to be removed. When you replace the subfloor the new ends have to sit on the joists so cut out your wet subfloor along two joists on. To avoid buckling subfloor panels should be spaced with a 1 8 inch gap at all edges and ends to provide room for naturally occurring expansion.

Assess the damage and cut around it then remove the damaged subfloor. Repairing a damaged subfloor is serious business but it doesn t have to be scary. Find a metal joist hanger that can support the new joist you re installing. A line of nails or screws that runs from wall to wall indicates the location of a floor joist.

We often recommend that these traditional terracotta vents are replaced with ones that offer a much higher airflow eg louvred ones to improve the sub floor ventilation. The rim joist fig. This is important to ensure your timber joists wall plates and floor boards are kept suitably dry below 16 18 mc they are generally not at risk of timber decay. B the framing member that runs around the perimeter of your house and that the floor joists butt into often gets riddled with large holes this space is the logical exit point for dryer and furnace vents big electrical service wires and fireplace fresh air intakes.

Replacing the floor under the bathtub toilet and the sink. Installing ezrvents is an easy way to replace and upgrade rusted out foundation vents garage vents and attic eave vents that are in need of replacement for active or preventative pest control exclusion with the added benefit of adding an upgraded finished look to your job. Then hammer the hanger to the wall with 16d galvanized nails.