Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Oct 09, 2021 8:11 am Good morning everyone, We are building a first floor addition to our house. I have some concerns about the carpentry work by our builder, but not sure if my concern is valid. Please give me some feedback. The photo below shows a section of the new LVL floor joists between Ground floor and the new First floor. My main concerns are the use of nails to hold up the entire floor, not a single bolt or screw was used. I have circled the example concerns. 1. Left circle - builder just used couple of nails to join the floor joists together. The floor joist isn't sitting on anything. Shouldnt they at least use nuts and bolts? 2. Right circle - the 2 beams are held together by nails. The blue timber is acting as a "waling plate" for the ceiling joists to sit on. Even the blue timber is just nailed to the beams. Shouldn't they use nuts and bolts ? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks for all replies. I just noticed now the pictures I added to post right on top of page were wrong. I attached pictures showing "current" and my "suggested" floor… 9 14652 Houses have been framed on floor joists since settlement, chipboard flooring is only around for 50 years or so, so why would it not be satisfactory? However exercise skill… 3 16843 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12794 |