Cutting A Hole In The Floor By The Both

Measure the length of the stairway opening and cut two pieces of lumber that match the width of the existing joists and the length of the opening.

Cutting a hole in the floor by the both. It s pretty easy when you know how. All done from the top side. Can t say you should do it by just cutting registers into the floor. People always ask how i cut holes in the middle of tiles had my camera nearby so i decided to show.

These are pretty easy i ve done some pretty ridiculous. This is noisy and can be time consuming depending on the amount of steel. With ceiling fan on and strong draft through floor vents the upstairs easily reaches 76 degrees. Without ceiling fan upstairs struggles to get to 69 70.

For example if the floor joists that you cut are 2 by 8s and the hole is 72 inches long you need two 2 by 8s cut to 72 inches. We removed an old chimney and that l. And its on my to do list to do to code but for right now it does make a huge difference but you need proper airflow. We show every step to repair a big hole in the subfloor.