07-16-2016, 10:40 AM
My father is in a wheel chair. Their house is a slab on grade, typical of most houses in Arizona. My mother would like to level it with the rest of the house so that the room is accessible to my dad.
The living room is sunken 9". The span is 14 feet. I think the span is too much for 8" joists, so this won't be as simple as just putting up ledgers and hangers and throwing some joists across it.
Another concern I have is the potential for trapping some water should it somehow get under a framed floor.
I'm open for suggestions and comments and other pitfalls.
The living room is sunken 9". The span is 14 feet. I think the span is too much for 8" joists, so this won't be as simple as just putting up ledgers and hangers and throwing some joists across it.
Another concern I have is the potential for trapping some water should it somehow get under a framed floor.
I'm open for suggestions and comments and other pitfalls.
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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring - Carl Sagan