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I am interested in some discussion on two methods of crawl space joist framing. The standard seems to be a mud sill bolted down to the wall with a stringer and a header, with joists nailed to the headers. The other that I have seen is to place a slot into the poured wall where ever a joist is to be hung, level with the mud sill. This method does not need a stringer or header. My questions are, what is the reason for the two styles? what holds the joists in place under method two? Can method 2 cause squeeks in the subfloor? Thanks
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I am interested in some discussion on two methods of crawl space joist framing. The standard seems to be a mud sill bolted down to the wall with a stringer and a header, with joists nailed to the headers. The other that I have seen is to place a slot into the poured wall where ever a joist is to be hung, level with the mud sill. This method does not need a stringer or header. My questions are, what is the reason for the two styles? what holds the joists in place under method two? Can method 2 cause squeeks in the subfloor? Thanks