Floor Joist Locator

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Floor joist locator.

Floor joists are wooden beams that run across the framework of a house and support the floors. Once the flooring such as hardwood is installed there is little reason to locate the joists unless you are fixing a squeak. If this is the first floor of a house then you can see the subfloor from underneath in the basement. 1 16 of 176 results for floor joist finder amazon s choice for floor joist finder.

Stud finder sensor wall scanner 5 in 1 electronic stud sensor locator wood beam joist finders wall detector edge center finding with lcd display for wood live ac wire metal studs detection yellow 4 2 out of 5 stars 907. How about a new video on finding joists in the second story floor under carpet to fix floor squeaks. And if possible how to further fix those annoying squeaks. Look at the subfloor and find a row of nails which are attached to a joist.

This simple step by step guide will show you how to locate the joists in your floor using a stud finder. Fortunately if your stud finder has a deep scanning option you can use it to find the joists under the carpet. You can guesstimate where the joist is shoot a screw on either side go underneath and measure where the joist is between the screws go back up and use the measurement to hit it. Pull back the corner of the carpet padding with the pliers.