Installing A Floor, PB3 RES U04 CH03

Installing a Wood Framed Floor
What You Now Know

― The different components of a wood framed floor
― How to use carpentry tools safely and effectively
What You Will Know

― How to lay out and install sill plates
― How to set posts and beams
― How to lay out and install the various floor framing members
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Wood Floor Framing Tools
▪ drills
▪ screwdrivers
▪ saws
▪ hammers
▪ nail guns

Laying Out and Installing Sill Plates
Expectations
▪ Calculations are correct for the inside of the sill plate dimensions
▪ Control line is correct
▪ Perpendicular line established correctly
▪ Inside of sill plate dimensions laid out correctly
▪ Layout is square

Laying Out and Installing Sill Plates cont.
Procedure – Locating the Sill

Plates on a Foundation
▪ Step 3 – Establish a control line

between corners 1 and 2.
▪ Step 4 – Along the control line and
at corner 1, measure the sill plate
width and mark point A.

Procedure – Locating the Sill Plates on a Foundation, cont.
▪ Step 5 – From point A, measure along the control line the

amount determined in step 2; measure the inside-sill-plate to
inside-sill-plate dimension to locate point B.
▪ Step 6 – From point B, erect a perpendicular line using a
multiple of the 3-4-5 method.
▪ Step 7 – Extend the line established in step 6 to the end of the
foundation wall at corner 4.

Expectations
▪ Holes for the anchor bolts laid out correctly

▪ Sill sealer applied correctly
▪ Sill plates the correct length
▪ Sill plates aligned with the layout line
▪ Sill plates anchored correctly

Procedure – Installing Sill Plates
▪ Step 4 – Install sill sealer.

▪ Step 5 – Place sill plate over the
anchor bolts and lightly tighten.

Setting Posts and Beams
Expectations
▪ Post location is correct

▪ Beams fabricated correctly
▪ Post length is correct
▪ Beams installed in pockets are correct
▪ Beam posts braced and plumb

Setting Posts and Beams cont.
Procedure – Setting Posts and Beams
▪ Step 4 – Stretch a line from the top of one exterior foundation

wall sill plate to the top of the opposite exterior foundation wall
sill plate at the points established in step 3.
▪ Step 5 – Measure down to the top of the pier footing from the
dry line and record the measurement.

Procedure – Setting
Posts and Beams, cont.
▪ Step 6 – Fabricate the

four-stud center post.

Procedure – Setting Posts and Beams, cont.
▪ Step 9 – Fasten the notched end of the beam into the beam
pocket and the post end of the beam to the center post.
▪ Step 10 – Plumb and brace the center post.

Laying Out and Installing Floor Framing Components
▪ Flagging
Expectations
▪ Line snapped for thickness

of the rim joist is correct
▪ Rough opening layout
located correctly
▪ Trimmer location for rough
opening is correct
▪ On-center spacing layout
correct on the exterior walls
▪ Lapped joist layout on the
beam is correct

cont.
Procedure – Laying Out and Installing Floor Framing

Members, cont.
▪ Step 1 – Measure in from the outside edge of the sill plate the
thickness of the rim joist.
▪ Step 2 – Snap a chalk line between the marks.

cont.
Framing Floor Openings
Expectations
▪ Trimmers fastened at the locations per plan

▪ Floor opening on the sill plate is positioned correctly
▪ All double framing members fastened together properly
▪ Joist hanger installed

cont.
Procedure – Framing Floor Openings
▪ Step 1 – Position and fasten the inside trimmers with the

ends aligned to the chalk line on the sill plate.
▪ Step 2 – Mark the position of the double outside headers.
▪ Step 3 – Place the outside header pieces between the
inside trimmers.

cont.
Procedure – Framing Floor Openings, cont.
▪ Step 5 – Mark the position of the tail joists on the headers.

▪ Step 6 – Fasten the tail joists to the outside headers.

cont.
Installing Floor Joists
▪ Clear span – one joist spans the entire width

▪ Lapped framing – two joists overlapped in the center
Expectations
▪ Joists oriented with the crown up

▪ Joists toenailed to the sill plate
▪ At the beam, each joist toenailed to the beam and nailed
to each other

cont.
Procedure – Installing Floor Joists, cont
▪ Step 1 – Set the floor joists with the crown up on the layout
with their ends aligned to the chalk line in the sill plate.
▪ Step 2 – Toenail the joists to the sill plate.
▪ Step 3 – Lap the

joists on the beam
or wall, fasten them
down, and face-nail
them to each other.

cont.
Installing Band Joists
▪ Help stabilize the floor joists

▪ Prevent floor joists from twisting
Expectations
▪ Band joists crowned properly

▪ Floor joists square to the band joists
▪ Floor joists nailed properly through the band joists
▪ Band joists flush with the sill plate
▪ Band joists cut to the proper length

cont.
Procedure – Installing Band Joists, cont.
▪ Step 1 – Position the band joist against the end of the floor
joists flush to the end of the sill plate.
▪ Step 2 – Fasten the band joist to the end joist.
▪ Step 3 – Square the next joist up from the sill plate and mark
its position on the top edge of the band joist.

cont.
Cutting Bridging
▪ Connects joists laterally

▪ Maintains alignment
▪ Distributes the load
Expectations
▪ Bridging laid out to the correct length

▪ Bridging angles laid out properly
▪ Layout for bridging correct on joist
▪ Number of bridging needed for project figured correctly

cont.
Procedure – Determining the Length of the Cross Bridging
▪ Step 5 – Position the blade of the square on the edge of the

bridging material, aligning the spacing between the floor joists on
the edge farthest away from you.

cont.
Procedure – Determining the Length of the Cross Bridging,

cont.
▪ Step 9 – Hold the tongue of the square with the width of the floor
joist dimension on the point established in step 7.

cont.
Installing Bridging
▪ Leave a small gap between cross bracing
Expectations
▪ Bridging cut to the correct length

▪ Bridging cut at the correct angles
▪ Bridging alternated correctly
▪ Bridging spaced properly
▪ Bridging nailed off correctly

cont.
Procedure – Cutting and Installing Cross Bridging
▪ Step 3 – Fasten the bridging on alternate sides of the previously

shaped line in each joist bay.
▪ Step 4 – Fasten a second piece of bridging to the adjacent joist
in the same joist bay.

Installing a Subﬂoor
Subfloor Materials
▪ Engineer wood panels

▪ 4´-0˝ x 8´-0˝
▪ Standard or tongue and groove
▪ Sheets also called panels

Installing a Subﬂoor cont.
Expectations
▪ Subfloor’s first row of sheathing installed correctly

▪ Sheathing staggered
▪ Sheathing breaks on the floor correctly
▪ On-center layout for the sheathing on the joists correct
▪ Sheathing nailed off properly

Procedure – Installing a Tongue and Groove Subfloor
▪ Step 2 – Position the first sheet on the joists, aligning the

square edge of the sheet to the end of the band joist and the
grooved edge of the sheet to the chalk line.
▪ Step 3 – Verify that the other end of the sheet breaks on the
center of a joist.

Procedure – Installing a Tongue

and Groove Subfloor, cont.
▪ Step 7 – Fasten the sheet to the

joists aligned to the marks made in
step 5, approximately 3˝ away from
the grooved edge of the sheet.
Tip
Floor joists are not perfectly straight.

They are straightened by aligning them
to the layout marks in step 5.

Procedure – Installing a Tongue and Groove Subfloor, cont.
▪ Step 14 – Stand the sheet with the tongue edge on top of the
joists against the grooved edge of the fastened sheet.
▪ Step 15 – Lay the sheet down on top of the joists.

Procedure – Installing a Tongue and Groove Subfloor, cont.
▪ Step 17 – Drive the tongue of

the cut sheet into the groove of
the fastened sheet with a
sledgehammer and a 6´-0˝ to
8´-0˝ 2 x 4 placed against the
grooved edge of the cut sheet.
Tip
Verify that the groove on the sheet

to be installed is aligned with the
tongue of the installed sheet.

INSTALLING A WOOD FRAMED FLOOR
CONCLUSION

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What You Now Know

What You Will Know

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Procedure – Locating the Sill

▪ Step 3 – Establish a control line

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Procedure – Locating the Sill Plates on a Foundation, cont.

▪ Step 5 – From point A, measure along the control line the

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▪ Holes for the anchor bolts laid out correctly

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Procedure – Installing Sill Plates

▪ Step 4 – Install sill sealer.

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▪ Post location is correct

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Procedure – Setting Posts and Beams

▪ Step 4 – Stretch a line from the top of one exterior foundation

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▪ Step 6 – Fabricate the

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Procedure – Setting Posts and Beams, cont.

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▪ Line snapped for thickness

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Procedure – Laying Out and Installing Floor Framing

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Framing Floor Openings

▪ Trimmers fastened at the locations per plan

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Procedure – Framing Floor Openings

▪ Step 1 – Position and fasten the inside trimmers with the

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Procedure – Framing Floor Openings, cont.

▪ Step 5 – Mark the position of the tail joists on the headers.

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Installing Floor Joists

▪ Clear span – one joist spans the entire width

▪ Joists oriented with the crown up

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Procedure – Installing Floor Joists, cont

▪ Step 3 – Lap the

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Installing Band Joists

▪ Help stabilize the floor joists

▪ Band joists crowned properly

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Procedure – Installing Band Joists, cont.

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▪ Connects joists laterally

▪ Bridging laid out to the correct length

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Procedure – Determining the Length of the Cross Bridging

▪ Step 5 – Position the blade of the square on the edge of the

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Procedure – Determining the Length of the Cross Bridging,

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▪ Leave a small gap between cross bracing

▪ Bridging cut to the correct length

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