My wife and I recently bought our first home, and it’s 1919 story&half bungalow. The upstairs attic has great potential for a master siute with a full set of stairs and good head room. But, the floor is under framed with 2×6 joists that mearsure 5 1/4″ tall with spans of 12-13′ and one area is spanned 15′. would sistering on 2×6’s for the 12′ joists and sistering on 5 1/2 LVL’s for the 15′ span be adequete? I would love to hear what you think or any advice would be appreciated!
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Greetings Mark, Welcome to Breaktime.
That subject has been addressed here on Breaktime a number of different times in the past.
In the event you fail to receive the information you desire, you might find it in the archives.
If you scroll down in the lower left corner of your screen there is a search function that will take you to previous threads dealing with whatever you type in the search bar.
If you type in '2x6 floor' or other keywords of the subject matter you'll get a supply of data from those old threads.
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Here's a few old threads that may help get you started.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=49102.1
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=18499.1
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=36462.1
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