I'm surprised by the amount of work was done by two guys over a weekend including moving all the materials. Nice job. PS: Good narration on what's required by manufacture of flooring joists.
I’m surprised the Amish did not reject to being filmed. I know in our area (Northern Indiana) they do not like pictures. Even in the trailer factories, they do not have their pictures on employee IDs.
I asked and they didn’t care! They just don’t want it in their face like an interview, since their church tells them not to be on camera. Personally though, they don’t seem to care all that much either way
Good times. I did this professionally for a while when younger. Nails are adequate for floors like this, especially if you are using glue and ring-shank 8-penny nails.
14” depth, they are bci 6000s 1.8. I used their span tables to start, then confirmed with the PE I worked with when finalizing plans. It’s the 22’ span over the garage that drives it, plus the fact all our HVAC runs have to be between joists since there’s no basement.
Curios to hear why not floor trusses? They tend to be 15-20% expensive but you can run duct, electrical and plumbing if need to. Some folks say trusses are better for squeak noise and some say posited. What’s your take on this and squeaks. Great work
Yes they were more expensive than the I-joists especially because there are no other trusses in the build to offset the engineering/transport. Squeaks are usually from movement between metal fasteners and wood, I think any floor framing material (dimensional, truss, I-joist) does a pretty equal job preventing squeaks as long as the subfloor is glued and fastened down well. Some swear by screws everywhere for insurance but we nailed it, haven't noticed a single squeak anywhere in this floor platform so far
9:00 - one trick if it's not too late - screw down your subfloor instead of nailing it. in 15 years, you'll thank yourself for doing so as your floor will be significantly LESS creaky.
Just curious: Are I-joists preferable to using LVL beams? If so, why? I can only think of weight savings (assuming i-joist is lighter than LVL but similar load bearing in one direction). Rookie here, just learning. Great vid!
Thanks! LVLs are very strong, heavy, and expensive. I joists are also expensive, but less than LVL per foot. Cost and ease of handling are probably the two main advantages. Just like a solid steel rectangular beam would be the strongest option, but an I-beam gives the needed stiffness at the lowest weight and material usage.
I-shape has high Moment of Inertia, and beam or joist with high moment of Inertia will have higher Moment of resistance from Load, indirectly it can take higher loads and can have longer spans. Even we use I shape in Universal beam as well.
3 reasons - handling & hauling a 36' long joist is difficult, it was easier to double up the front joists with only the 22' section, and the spacing on the 13' span varies slightly to create more room for toilet plumbing in one area.
The Amish in our area have a very good reputation for hard work at a fair price. They are proud of their heritage and advertise the fact that they are Amish. I imagine Alex is honoring their heritage as well.
