Price of floor pressure treated floor joist

muskoka

Can anyone please advise me of a circa price of a 7' x 2' x 4.8 metre joist? Looked online & err, not terribly clear to me. :cool:

ormus

c £2.50 per m.

muskoka

ah - cheers for that!

Gloomendoom

Do you really mean 7 feet by 2 feet? :eek:

keystone

I hope he doesn't mean 2" x 7" for a 4.8m span either!

Cheers

muskoka

ok bit early chaps. We're not at house- total renovation, but we think joists are 2" x 7" x 4.8....we could be wrong.

As current joists have signs of we believe historic woodworm, builder has quoted £200 to replace 6 joists - he currently has got to double joist the original joists anyway as hes taken out a steel beam (with bldg control approval - steel didnt seem to be supporting anything), so bldr & bldg control decided to take steel out & double joist as will give even kitchen ceiling.......

anyway as ceiling is currently open & builder already has to double joist, thought it was worth getting price from him to replace original joists at same time (quote £200 for 6 joists). But only 3 of these joists seem to be original - other 3 of them seem newer, though not new.

I'm trying to cost cut, so am waiting for builder to come back to me for price to replace 3 of the original joists....hence asking for price of replacement joist.

keystone

muskoka wrote: »

ok bit early chaps. We're not at house- total renovation, but we think joists are 2" x 7" x 4.8....we could be wrong.

I'd have thought 10" for that sized span.

As current joists have signs of we believe historic woodworm

So they've all gone then.

I'm trying to cost cut, so am waiting for builder to come back to me for price to replace 3 of the original joists....hence asking for price of replacement joist.

If you are cutting [STRIKE]corners[/STRIKE] costs why not just leave them be?

Just checking to see if he is enhancing the labour charges...

It seems to me that you don't trust him.

Not sure if this link will work

It does - hope you and builder and BCO are right about it "not doing anything".

Cheers

muskoka

Thanks. Me being a bit/lot on the paranoid side.....

House is 97 yrs old, hence maybe smaller current joists - builder is doubling up on joists anyway.

RSJ thats come out - building control did authorised this on viewing & us/builder could not see it doing anything (maybe some alterations from earlier life in house - who knows)

Do trust builder, as much as I can trust a builder....just paranoid

As for woodworm, we have meticulously treated whole house - every single piece of timber has been sprayed/well doused in Solugard, so any wworm should be decimated....... as I say, me being paranoid and its so great to come on here & get reassurance from you guys.We're just doing the best we can.

Budget is tighter than tight - thats why I dont want to waste a single penny, but you guys may have said - well, who knows?

Peter88

Just to add some more humour... if the worm was 'decimated' then only 1 in 10 were killed, which leaves 90%!!:o

Though I am sure you meant that it was ALL dead.