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DAJDESIGN <br />ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS <br />FLOOR & CEILING SYSTEMS <br />Description: <br />The floor framing of the north half of the house, beneath the front living areas, is constructed of 2x6 floor joists <br />at 24 inches on -center, running east to west. These floor joists are rough -sawn, indicating that they are of older <br />construction. The floor joists bear on the east and west foundation walls with a 2x wood sill plate. The floor <br />joists in the basement portion of this area are supported by a couple of beam lines. One beam is a 3-ply 2x6 <br />dropped beam construction that terminates and bears on the CMU retaining walls and the other beam is a 2-ply <br />2x6 flush beam construction that extends between the CMU retaining wall and crawlspace wall. The 3-ply <br />dropped beam appeared to be installed later as it was not rough -sawn like the other beams and joists. The floor <br />v� joists in the crawlspace areas of the north half of the house are supported by stacked wood, CMU blocks, <br />bricks, and other various wood members that bear directly on the crawlspace soil. The floor joists in the <br />northeast portion of the house are spliced on a central beam line supported by various stacked material bearing <br />on the crawlspace dirt. <br />The floor framing of the south half of the house, beneath the kitchen and dining room, is constructed of 2x8 floor <br />joists at 24 inches on -center, running east to west. These floor joists are also rough -sawn, indicating that they <br />are of older construction. The joists bear directly on the east and west original foundation walls without a sill <br />plate. The floor joists in this area are supported mid -span by a slightly off -center beamline. The joists are not <br />spliced along this beamline and span approximately 18 feet. The central beam is a 4-ply 2x6 dropped <br />construction that appears to run from the south side of the house and terminates somewhere in the crawlspace <br />at the north end of the house. The beam is supported by the CMU retaining walls and an 8x8 column that <br />appears to bear directly on the concrete slab floor. The beam appears to have been added later when the <br />basement was dug out as it is not rough -sawn like the other beams and joists and the floor joists were likely <br />originally supported with stacked wood, bricks, or blocks as seen in the other crawlspace areas and was <br />common in similar houses in the Louisville area. The stairs to access the basement are in this part of the house <br />and the floor joists are cut around the stair opening. All joists at the entire main floor framing area are spliced at <br />one location above a bearing member. <br />Sheathing throughout the house is constructed of 1x3 tongue -and -groove hardwood. This sheathing would <br />have been the original finish flooring though it has since been covered by a layer linoleum and carpet and <br />possibly other finish layers beneath the carpet. <br />Floor joists supported by various stacked material bearing on the crawlspace soil. <br />700 PINE PAGE - 15 <br />