Bonus room floor joist selection guide.
Decorative wood between floor joists ceiling.
Ceiling drywall hides the unpainted unfinished wood of joists beams or the floorboards supported by the beams plus a lot of other junk detailed below.
Owt ornamental wood ties ironwood 6 in.
Attic and floor dead load of 10 psf.
Floor joists and ceiling joists serve similar purposes.
Straight gable roof framing is assumed for selection table.
Ceiling board allows you to heat your room far more efficiently.
Unless you have a finished attic the ceiling joists are typically exposed.
Floor covering is the aptest description since everything below the substrate can be considered the real floor in terms of structure and permanence.
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You would be able to check if this is the case in your home by going up into the attic.
Floor live load of 40 psf between the kneewalls.
Lower ceilings shrink the volume of the room to be heated.
Adjustable galvanized steel joist hanger tab 6 piece per box.
Generally floor or ceiling joists run parallel to the rafters.
You may need to lift insulation or plywood to see the joists.