Advice on modifying floor joists
Advice on modifying floor joists
We are renovating a house and need to move the head of the stairs back to allow for a new staircase with a left turn at the top. I originally thought the header ran just the width of the staircase but after lifting the floor I found it runs the whole way to the outside wall.
In the picture. I can install 2 new joists further back where I need them- red in the picture. I can then cut the header along the blue line and remove the old header to the staircase. The problem I have is I need...
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by MarkandCath
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Advice on modifying floor joists
We are renovating a house and need to move the head of the stairs back to allow for a new staircase with a left turn at the top. I originally thought the header ran just the width of the staircase but after lifting the floor I found it runs the whole way to the outside wall.
In the picture. I can install 2 new joists further back where I need them- red in the picture. I can then cut the header along the blue line and remove the old header to the staircase. The problem I have is I need...
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by MarkandCath
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum