Tji Floor System

Hi i have tji 560 series 16 inch and 16oc spanning 21 ft i have a 16 inch rim boards.

Tji floor system.

Engineered lumber continues to become more and more popular in today s construction industry. Featuring trus joist tji joists for floor and roof applications uniform and predictable lightweight for fast installation resource efficient resists bowing twisting and shrinking significantly reduces callbacks available in long. Almost no twisting or warping very little dimensional shrinkage stiffness and strength. Tji joists are lightweight and come in long lengths which makes them faster and easier to install than traditional framing and saves you both.

Tji 110 tji 210 tji 230 tji 360 tji 560 and tji 560d joists. Tji s engineered wood i joists are my preferred framing members for floor systems. Trus joist tji joists are a key part of making a high performance floor. Tji s offer many benefits compared to traditional dimensional lumber joists including.

We have thoroughly investigated floor performance for floors framed with tji joists and structural composite lumber scl products. Weyerhaeuser believes that the tj pro rating system for trus joist tji joists is the most comprehensive indication of floor performance ever developed for wood based assemblies. Glue then screw this is for a second floor floor joist thanks. Floor joist stiffness has most to do with the span of the floor joist.

Floor joist spacing for i joist and. Tji floor joist framing. The dimensional stability of tji joists help them resist warping twisting and shrinking that can lead to squeaky floors. I personally always design a much stiffer floor than the building code requires because the building code minimum in my opinion is a very poor quality floor.

My tji are all cut tight to the rim board if i need them how would you apply in place.