Plywood Floor Joist

Engineered wood products ewp span and size charts for bci joists.

Plywood floor joist.

Prices promotions styles and availability may vary by store and online. Bci joists are specially constructed i joists with flanges made from strong versa lam laminated veneer lumber with oriented stranded board webs and approved waterproof structural adhesives providing outstanding strength and durability. In fact instead of being a cheaper substitute for plywood i joists made with osb webs mark a significant improvement in the structural floor framing industry. Therefore the quantity shown may not be available when you get to the store.

If you are adding on or starting a new building project menards has everything you will need to get started. True floor joist span calculations can only be made by a structural engineer or contractor. The flange material is typically laminated veneer lumber lvl or solid sawn lumber and the web is made with plywood or osb. You ll want the screw to go about an inch past the plywood into the joist or underlying layer beneath it.

If the plywood subfloor you re placing is 5 8 of an inch thick you need a screw about 1 5 8 inches long. It has more wax and about 15 percent more resin making it a very stable material. Trusses i joists engineered lumber get great deals and big savings on trusses at menards. These are the right choice for both residential and non residential floor and roof joist construction.

I joists provide a high performance alternative to dimension lumber joists for floor and roof applications. I joists are comprised of top and bottom flanges which resist bending united with webs which provide outstanding shear resistance. The osb in i joist webs is not the garden variety osb used for sheathing products. This sample table gives minimum floor joist sizes for joists spaced at 16 inches and 24 inches on center o c for 2 grade lumber with 10 pounds per square foot of dead load and 40 pounds of live load which is typical of normal residential construction.

Chalk lines are pulled all the way across all the joist tops at the 4 foot marks so we can check our accuracy with each sheet of plywood being attached to the joists. On the tops of the floor joists we measure and mark every 4 feet this will be the plywood seams.