carlos21

could you fix something into the ceiling joists above?

thanks for the replies, given me a bit of food for thought. its all internal so no cold bridging issues as such. great forum, always pops up when i google building questions, so thought i may as well join up. carl

cool thanks for the reply, the notch is only 10mm deep so as to make the bottom of the joist flush with the bottom of the i beam. thanks again, carl

hi folks, iam putting part of the new floor/ceiling 7x2 joists into a steel I beam over a new opening, iam just wondering whether its better to notch the timber and rest it on the i beam flange ( 45mm ) or bolt a timber to the web of the i beam and use joist hangers, it seems to me either would work ok, so just wondering if there was a reason for choosing one over the other. many thanks carl.