Detecting and resolving flooring problems

National Substrate Technicians24 Jan, 2022Business

Before adopting universal building codes, some builders utilized undersized lumber or placed the joists too widely apart when constructing the floor joist system. As a result, the floor was weak, sagging, or bouncy. A Floor leveling North Carolina structural engineer may recommend ?sistering? the joists, attaching new joists to old joists to strengthen the floor.