How to increase floor level

The time it's taken you to type a load of questions and not listen to the advice given you could have de-nailed the joist hangers, removed the joists, undone the bolts and cleared everything ready to start again tomorrow and set them at the correct height this time, and save yourself the cost of extra timber and bodging raising the height.
 
What would Rob do? An old mentor of mine was a stickler for things being right, no matter what the time of day was if a job wasn’t going right he’d look at me and say, “rip it out let’s start again”
Now when things start to go awry for me and I’m trying to convince myself it’ll be alright, I check myself , think “ what would Rob do?” And start again.
What you’ve done is wrong, it’s going to be there a long time and will always be a pig in a dress, suck it up, rip it out and do it properly, that’s what Rob would do. ( and me).
 
True say, but in the situation we are in, for the reasons we are doing this, we simply do not have the time (or money) to do that.

Others have suggested plying until the desired height... that might just be our alternative until such time when we can redo this
 
What have you it fixed with? Sorry just seen the pic. To be fair to you it’s a tidy looking job, but get those fixings out and raise it up!!! Don’t bodge it particularly since it’s only at this stage, I’d say something if you had it covered in already.
 
Suzan Aydin said:
True say, but in the situation we are in, for the reasons we are doing this, we simply do not have the time (or money) to do that.

Others have suggested plying until the desired height... that might just be our alternative until such time when we can redo this
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How can money be an issue, you have the materials there, remove what you have fitted and re-install at the correct height.
Building up layers of ply or other materials will cost, do it with what you’ve got and it won’t take much longer than faffing around trying to bodge it.
 
Suzan Aydin said:
True say, but in the situation we are in, for the reasons we are doing this, we simply do not have the time (or money) to do that.

Others have suggested plying until the desired height... that might just be our alternative until such time when we can redo this
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Compare the cost of 95mm of ply to the 4x2s (that you already have) and what is it that your not getting ?

Ok, 4x2s and similar timber isn’t always an exact size - it’s the ‘finished’ size that is the actual size

If your working to an exact mm, then you may need to rip these 4x2s down a little or pack them up if a little under your exact finish height

Sheet material is more exact but check out the price on 18/25mm ply and then revisit your budget :)
 
Suzan Aydin said:
True say, but in the situation we are in, for the reasons we are doing this, we simply do not have the time (or money) to do that.

Others have suggested plying until the desired height... that might just be our alternative until such time when we can redo this
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Nonsense, it will cost you more to bodge it to the height you want rather than spend half an hour removing whats there and a couple of hours reinstating it correctly tomorrow.
 
Suzan... For the sake of the small space, and considering its literally just the joists in place, you really are better refixing them to the correct height. It will not cost you any more, and a days work at most... So cheaper, quicker and ultimately better than any of the alternatives you're proposing.
 
I know what you guys are saying... tbh it took 3 days to get the bolts in exactly, and cut the timber and make sure it’s level like hell. I think I’d lose the Will to live if I had to do it again .

honestly I’m not being lazy - you guys can probably bosh it out in 5 minutes .

this is a wet room for a disabled person who needs it in 7 days as we are all moving in there and.... time is tight... squeaky bum time.

I know you guys are screaming at me.... I get it, you’ve got a right to... we messed up, if we moved it up another brick it would be too high, and we were wanting to be ocd and make sure our bolts were centre brick.... took a poop ton of planning and execution. We didn’t think low floor would be a problem, just fill it up... then we kinda thought... **** how?

honestly, is it out of the question to keep the rim joists as they are and just replace the horizontal 2x6s with 2x8s?
 
Then do what you want, you’ve been given the proper advice, if you want to ignore it that is up to you, it appears you had decided on your course of action before seeking that advice. Bodge away and good luck.
 
Red Star Boats said:
Then do what you want, you’ve been given the proper advice, if you want to ignore it that is up to you, it appears you had decided on your course of action before seeking that advice. Bodge away and good luck.
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I could have fixed this in less time than this post has been running simply by taking the advice given! And I'm only DIY! (Can I say that or has Dave copyrighted it )
 
honestly, is it out of the question to keep the rim joists as they are and just replace the horizontal 2x6s with 2x8s?

No it’s not it’s not the way I’d do it but you can. If that’s how you’re doing it I’d advise putting noggins in tight and fixed to your “rim joists” aswell.
 
If your joists are solid leave them alone and pack them up.

You say you're 95mm low? Your 2x4s will measure 95 so that fills the gap: either lay them along the joists or cross them. Crossing easier as you can make sure your centres are spot on to suit your boards. This really is a no brainer.
 
Jiml86 said:
honestly, is it out of the question to keep the rim joists as they are and just replace the horizontal 2x6s with 2x8s?

No it’s not it’s not the way I’d do it but you can. If that’s how you’re doing it I’d advise putting noggins in tight and fixed to your “rim joists” aswell.
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I can put noggins in between the 2x8s, but not sure how you mean fixed to my rim joists, unless you mean have horizontal noggins going from a noggin that is between a horizontal joist and the rim joist?
 
stevie22 said:
If your joists are solid leave them alone and pack them up.

You say you're 95mm low? Your 2x4s will measure 95 so that fills the gap: either lay them along the joists or cross them. Crossing easier as you can make sure your centres are spot on to suit your boards. This really is a no brainer.
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Thanks Stevie, so technically we can lay the 2x4s either way as long as it’s centre to the existing joists? Are we saying laying them vertically so it essentially looks like a grid or just on top of the existing horizontal joists?
 
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