This size is no longer acceptable when framing a structure.
Log home floor joists.
Exposed heavy timber or log joists can be very attractive in a log home.
Available in an optional hand peeled finish.
Three days of work on the framing our countrymark log home and we have our sub floor complete.
Up to 5 sets of auto cad designed blueprints.
All the log cabin building wrap protection to protect your log home materials during construction up to 5 sets of auto cad designed blueprints final prints to include.
Final prints to include.
Available in an optional hand peeled finish.
Full log standard conveniently matching our full log rafters these naturally contoured full log joists complement any log style and add to the authenticity of your log home.
In the past 2x4s or 2x6s were sometimes used as floor joists.
Common sense tells you that large floor joists can carry more load and spacing joists closer together also increases the load bearing capacity of a floor.
Floor plans elevations standard foundation plans roof framing 2nd floor framing building section and standard detail sheet.
In 1 1 2 or 2 story homes the second floor joist system can be made with heavy timbers logs or a combination of the two or dimensional lumber or floor trusses.
We also got our water line and electric trenched into the base.
Floor joists installed on second or third or higher levels double as ceiling joists for the level below.
If you re concerned about the structural integrity of sagging cracked or twisted joists in your house first call in a structural engineer to inspect the floor and recommend strengthening measures that ll take out the sags and bring the framing up to code search online or for engineers structural in the yellow pages.
Custom designed log home floor plans since 1963.
Our most popular choice full log joists are part of our standard log home packages.
Each system has some advantages.
Heavy timber or log joists.
But larger is not always better when builders are constructing a home or adding a room addition.
In buildings with basements the first level of floor joists serves the same purpose.
Search our log home and cabin plans by square footage number of bedrooms or style.
Floor plans elevations standard foundation plans roof framing 2nd floor framing building section and standard detail sheet.
Our most popular choice full log joists are part of our standard log home packages.
The extra two inches of vertical distance when a floor is framed with 2 x 10 joists rather than 2 x 12s can be quite important for example.
