I'm gutting my kitchen & dining room, combining them & building an office for me in an 8' slice at the end with access to the outside. No structural walls removed. Plans completed and stamped by me, Contractor signed, we go to town BI. He pulls out his joist span chart and announces that I have to sister all the second floor joists as they are 2X8 and therefore undersized and install a beam at midspan under the 1st floor. It's a bedroom up there and we sleep in it, I know I need to loose weight, but it hasn't broken yet ;-). The house was built in 1886 and has no structural problems for 120 years. I know it's not worth fighting about as ceilings will be opened, but give me a break!!! EDS
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19 years ago