Sistering in a Support Joist
We had a Saturday of “smalls” – finishing up linger projects that just needed a few steps. On the list today: adding a sister to one of the basement joists.
Bob has helped us with this sort of thing before, several years ago. But that particular sister spanned the full width of the basement. And was done prior to any of the new duct work.
With more duct work and electrical and piping now in the basement, we can no longer easily just insert a full-length board across the basement.
Luckily for us, Bob’s done this sort of thing before. And cut a long board into two notched pieces, which we would then “lock” into place with a tapered peg.
One half of the board.
Dry-fitting things a bit, on the floor.
This was definitely tricky: we added glue to both boards, while they were on the floor. Then, we had to position each board in place… but without actually having the glue touch anything.
This board (on the North side of the basement) had to get positioned first. Then, we had to put up the other board (on the South side of the basement), clamp it down, screw it in, and affix it as well as we could.
THEN, we could take the board you’re looking at hear, and “hinge it into place.”
About to push the other board into place.
Both pieces, affixed to the joist and also tightened into place with the tapered peg.
An interesting solution to a spot where we were limited on space. We’ve had a stud holding up this joist for a while now (providing it some extra support). But with this sister, we’re now able to remove it entirely.
Fun thing: you can see the stud in this photo, from our Basement Reorg day. We’re slowly reclaiming more and more of our space in the basement back, which is nice.
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