The Jack Post Is Your Solution to Sagging Floors
Floors carry a whole lot more weight nowadays. For example, the popularity of home fitness centers has certainly increased the load-bearing responsibilities of the average floor. The Floor's Response to Weight- The floors in an older house generally respond to heavy loads by sagging and they turn excessively springy. But the truth is different. A floor can sag or spring excessively even without heavy loads to support. A floor's, stability, flatness, and strength depend mainly on solid mid-span support for floor joists. The general construction practice of supporting floor joists on a main central beam held up by wood post usually results in sagging floors since wood posts can rot, settle and shift over time. It is dangerous when this major support beam shifts or sinks, the joists that rest on it are also get affected. Correct the Sag - Luckily, sagging, springy floors ...