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Week 5: Installing steel beams & floor joists in a new home construction

This is now week 5 of our new home construction! You can see the finished house and our weekly progress here

Installing the steel beams

Last week we finished off the knee wall, and then had two ~30 foot steel beams delivered and installed. I wasn’t there, but I was told they were very heavy. We got the beams from Quintan Products in Winchester, Ontario. steel beam and floor joists. Owner builder raised bungalow

Installing the floor joists

Dovetail Carpentry finished installing the floor joists by the end of the week. We decided to go with the webbed floor joists. This way we can run all the ductwork and plumbing through the joists and it won’t cut into the headroom in the basement. The webbed floor joists were slightly more expensive than the regular joists, but this was another area where we thought it would be wise to upgrade. The joists are from St. Lawrence Structures in Cornwall, ON.

steel beams and floor joists of a new home construction

Installing the subfloor of a new home construction

Then after the joists Dovetail Carpentry screwed on the plywood subfloor. They also finished installing the foundation wrap which needed to be done before the foundation inspection.

Intalling the subfloor on floor joists

Plywood subloor. Owner builder raised bungalow

And the picture below shows where the front hall and mudroom will be. The corner on the right will be where the front hall closet will be, and the split entry stairs will be in the middle where the opening is.

Steel beams, floors joists and subfloor. Owner builder raised bungalow in Ontario, new home construction

We also had the roof trusses delivered last week for this new home construction, but we’re not quite ready for them yet. Up next will be framing the first floor, and backfilling around the basement.

Roof trusses new home construction


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